Worst Cyber Attack in Canadian History

“This is not just a Newfoundland story, it’s not just a health-care story. This is a national story, and it’s about national security.”

Cyber-attacks have been on the rise throughout the pandemic and as Alicia Draus reports cyber security experts to say defending against them is extremely challenging.

“We’ve never seen an entire health network – multiple health networks – taken down like this,” the cybercrime expert said in an interview Wednesday. Experts say it has all the signs of a ransomware attack, in which hackers infiltrate an information technology network and demand payment in return for restoring access. B4Trust protects your network against these hacking techniques and detects any signs of attacks before everyone else.

- November 2021