May 1, 2023 Personal health information of Canadians stored on the test computer of a third-party supplier to an Ottawa hospital has been stolen in a data breach. Queensway Carleton Hospital said on Saturday the breach of security more...
April 20, 2023 Four independently-owned Canadian Tire affiliate stores in British Columbia that installed facial recognition applications for security broke the province’s privacy law, B.C.’s information and privacy commissioner has ruled. “The investigation showed that the stores did more...
April 19, 2023 Canada should pass the Liberal government’s proposed legislation to regulate artificial intelligence in a few weeks, 75 AI researchers and startups say in an open letter. “We ask our political representatives to strongly and urgently more...
April 17, 2023 An Israel-based commercial spyware company whose iPhone hacking technology is allegedly used by governments to compromise the phones of political opponents and reporters is closing. The news from Israeli media comes after the University of more...
April 17, 2023 The federal privacy commissioner’s attempt to have Facebook take responsibility for the Cambridge Analytical scandal under Canadian privacy law has been rejected by a judge. In a decision released last week, Justice Michael Manson of more...
April 13, 2023 Companies hoping to save money by not investing in data protection technologies don’t get much sympathy from British Columbia’s information and privacy commissioner. “It’s one of those things you have to weigh,” Michael McEvoy told more...
April 10, 2023 Cyber attack hits PC maker MSI, another GoAnywhere MFT victim and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday, April 10th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com. Motherboard and laptop manufacturer more...
April 5, 2023 Police from 17 countries, including the FBI and the RCMP, have shut down the Genesis Market, one of the biggest criminal websites for selling stolen credentials and access to bots. In a news release today, more...
April 5, 2023 ChatGPT is being investigated by Canada’s Privacy Commissioner for possibly using personal information without permission. “AI technology and its effects on privacy is a priority for my Office,” Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne said in a more...
March 28, 2023 American federal government departments and agencies have been limited from using commercial spyware unless they have approval from the White House. The restriction came in an executive order issued Monday by President Joe Biden, which more...
