The Canadian Press reports:
The federal privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into a ransomware attack that led to the theft of personal information belonging to 280,000 customers of Nova Scotia’s electric utility.
Privately owned Nova Scotia Power confirmed last week that hackers stole the data and published it on the dark web.
Privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne said in a statement Wednesday that he started the probe after receiving complaints about a security breach the utility reported in late April.
“Data breaches have surged over the past decade and this incident highlights the growing risks of cyberattacks for all organizations,” he wrote in the statement.
Read more at The St. Albert Gazette.
Despite the utility firm’s statement that data was published on the dark web, no media outlet or researcher has reported finding any data from this incident, and no ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for it as yet even though Nova Scotia Power says it did not pay a ransom demand.
