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Ca: OSSTF victim of ransomware attack, notifies members of personal data compromised

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Dissent

The Canadian Press reports:

The union representing public high school teachers in Ontario says it was the victim of a ransomware attack earlier this year that compromised members’ personal information.

The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation says it discovered in late May that an “unauthorized third party” accessed and encrypted its systems between May 25 and 30.

A little late on the notification, eh?

Read more at The Peterborough Examiner.

 


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