An investigation has been launched by Ottawa’s privacy watchdog into a ransomware attack that resulted in the theft of personal information from 280,000 customers of Nova Scotia’s electric utility.
Nova Scotia Power confirmed last week that hackers had stolen the data and released it on the dark web, impacting roughly half of its customers.
The privately owned utility said a variety of customer information ranging from phone numbers and email addresses to driver’s licence, social insurance, and bank account numbers may have been compromised in the cyberattack.
Federal Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne has since announced the launch of an inquiry into the matter after receiving complaints about the security breach, which was reported by the utility company in late April….