1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (332+ words) A Kitchener, Ont., man has pleaded guilty to charges related to a hacking attack on a U.S.-based cloud services company that compromised more than 165 organizations, the U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday. The department said in news release that the 26-year-old…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (41+ words) Edmonton police team up with ‘ethical hackers’ to save cyber victims millions Global News Go Back Close Local Add Global News to Home Screen Close Edmonton police team up with ‘ethical hackers’ to save cyber victims millions Report a Video…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (454+ words) Last July, Edmonton police got a tip about ongoing cyber crimes, bilking people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Their contact was a network of ethical hackers, also known as scam baiters. Police say they spend countless hours trying…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (286+ words) The company that operates Canvas, a popular online learning system, has struck a deal with hackers to delete the data stolen in a cyberattack last week. Major institutions across Canada, including the University of Toronto, University of British Columbia and…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (547+ words) A medical supplies vendor, contracted by Ontario’s taxpayer-funded home care agency, paid out a ransom demand last year, after its systems were accessed and data belonging to as many as 200,000 patients was locked, according to an Ontario government agency report....

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (814+ words) A vendor contracted by the agency in charge of overseeing Ontario’s home care system suffered a ransomware attack, Global News can reveal – details the province didn’t share after the incident. Ontario Health atHome, a body created by the Ford government…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (738+ words) A team of researchers has uncovered what they say is the first reported use of artificial intelligence to direct a hacking campaign in a largely automated fashion. The AI company Anthropic said this week that it disrupted a cyber operation…...