Private information of 7,500 people stolen in Nunatsiavut government cyberattack
CBC
The autonomous Inuit government of Labrador is dealing with a cyberattack affecting thousands of its members.
The Nunatsiavut government says it became aware of the breach on July 24, when Advanced Data Systems, the company it contracts to maintain its databases, said someone had hacked into its networks.
There was a wide range of information stored on the ADS networks, including:
The release says Nunatsiavut government will contact people directly if their SINs were affected.
It also references negotiations with hackers, though it's not immediately clear if the government paid a ransom for the information that was breached. The release says ADS advised the Nunatsiavut government in August that it had negotiated with the hacker for the deletion of all accessed data. However, Nunatsiavut
