TORONTO, Febr. 7, 2022 /CNW/ – Canadian IT company, NOVIPRO, today unveiled its sixth annual IT Portrait of Canadian Businesses in collaboration with Leger, which revealed the deep vulnerability of Canadian companies to computer attacks. The study reveals that more than half (56%) of organizations targeted by malware have paid the amounts requested by cybercriminals. Of these,…
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Swissport ransomware attack leads to flight delays
Connor Jones reports: Aviation services company Swissport announced it was the victim of a ransomware attack on Friday, with some flights forced into delays and other operations disrupted. Neither the ransomware operator nor the type of ransomware used against the company is currently known, but the company reacted quickly to contain the attack, despite the disruption it caused….
Yes, the Equifax data breach settlement email and website are real
Erin Jones reports: In September 2017, consumer credit monitoring agency Equifax announced that the private information of 147 million Americans had been exposed in what is now known as one of the largest data breaches in history. Soon after the data breach was announced, the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and 50…
‘Small portion’ of customer data accessed without authorisation in security breach at Hong Kong online shopping platform
Sammy Heung reports: A security breach at one of Hong Kong’s largest online shopping platforms last month led to the unauthorised access of customer information such as delivery addresses, recipient names and contact numbers. Hong Kong Technology Venture Company Limited (HKTV), HKTVmall’s parent company, said on Friday it had detected “abnormal and suspicious activities” in…
News Corp says it was hacked; believed to be linked to China
Eric Tucker and Frank Bajak report: News Corp, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, said Friday that it had been hacked and had data stolen from journalists and other employees, and a cybersecurity firm investigating the intrusion said Chinese intelligence-gathering was believed behind the operation. The news company, whose publications and businesses include the New…
IT Staffing Company Settles Data Breach Class Action
Kathryn M. Rattigan of Robinson & Cole writes: Artech Information Systems settled a data breach class action this week for an incident that occurred in January 2020. Artech will pay up to $10,000 to each individual affected by the breach, based on a tiered payment system. Artech, a staffing company specializing in placement for IT…