Federal Privacy Commissioner Launches Investigation Into NS Power Data Breach

Hackers may have stolen up to 140,000 social insurance numbers in NS Power database breach

Some 280,000 customer records were breached in the hack and released onto the dark web

Federal Probe Underway After Customer Data Theft at Nova Scotia Power

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 ad…

Federal privacy czar starts probe into theft of customer data from Nova Scotia Power - Halifax

Privately owned Nova Scotia Power confirmed last week that hackers stole the data and published it on the dark web.

Fed privacy czar looking into N.S. Power data theft

The federal privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into a ransomware attack that led to the theft of personal information belonging to 280,000 customers of Nova Scotia’s electric utility. Privately owned Nova Scotia Power confirmed last week that hackers stole the data and published it on the dark web. Privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne said in […]

Federal privacy commissioner launches investigation into NS Power data breach

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has launched an investigation into the data breach at Nova Scotia Power that affected hundreds of thousands of customers.

Federal privacy czar starts probe into theft of customer data from Nova Scotia Power

HALIFAX - The federal privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into a ransomware attack that led to the theft of personal information belonging to 280,000 customers of Nova Scotia's electric utility.