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The Unexpected Effect of the Introduction of Mandatory Breach Notification Requirements in Québec

Posted on January 14, 2023 by Dissent

Charles S. Morgan, Daniel G.C. Glover, and Eugen Miscoi of McCarthy Tétrault LLP write: Since September 22, 2022, organizations doing business in Québec have to report any confidentiality incidents (i.e., privacy breaches) that cause a risk of serious injury, due to the partial entry into force of An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the…

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Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)

Posted on January 13, 2023 by chum1ng0

ES: City Council of Durango “Completely Paralyzed” by Cyberattack The City Council of Durango in Biscay reports it is “completely paralyzed” by a cyberattack last Saturday. The news site Durangon quotes the Deputy Mayor, Iker Urkiza (machine translation) that the ‘hacking  “has been serious” and that it will paralyze their computer systems “for weeks.”  According…

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Canada’s Okanagan College warns of potential privacy breach after cyber attack

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Dissent

On Wednesday, CBC reported: Nearly 16,000 students and 1,200 staff at Okanagan College are still unable to access campus network services after a cyber attack earlier this week. In a written statement Wednesday, college president Neil Fassina said the institution’s information technology services team uncovered a cyber security attack on Monday at around 6:15 a.m….

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Zurich Japan hit by data breach with 750,000 users’ info stolen; Aflac Insurance also hit

Posted on January 12, 2023 by Dissent

Switzerland Times reports that Zurich Japan auto insurance was the victim of a cyberattack. Media reports on Monday reported the outflow of data from 2.6 million customers from the East Asian country. In fact, data from 757,463 former customers of a local car insurance product are affected, as the insurance group specified to AWP on…

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Guardian confirms it was hit by ransomware attack

Posted on January 11, 2023 by Dissent

Dan Milmo reports: The Guardian has confirmed it was hit by a ransomware attack in December and that the personal data of UK staff members has been accessed in the incident. The Guardian Media Group’s chief executive, Anna Bateson, and the Guardian’s editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, confirmed the news in an update emailed to staff on…

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Toronto hospital network issues ‘code grey’ as digital systems go down

Posted on January 10, 2023 by Dissent

Liam Casey reports: A major Toronto hospital network said its digital systems went down on Monday and it was working to investigate what was causing the outage. The University Health Network issued a “code grey” — a hospital code for system failure — but released few other details about what happened. Read more at CBC….

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