Canadian marketing company hit by data breach, says Ontario liquor board
A Canadian marketing company that counts some of the country’s biggest corporations as its customers has been hit by a data breach. One of them is the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), a Crown corporation that sells spirits and wine in stores across the province. In an email sent to customers today, the board
Hackers compromised Ontario liquor board website, stole customer data
Cyber attackers compromised the website of Ontario’s Liquor Control Board and stole personal information of customers who bought products online, the retailer has acknowledged. “At this time, we can confirm that an unauthorized party embedded malicious code into our website that was designed to obtain customer information during the checkout process,” the Crown corporation said
Ontario liquor board dealing with cyber incident
The Ontario agency that sells alcoholic beverages is still dealing with an undescribed cyber incident, over 16 hours after its website was taken offline. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario tweeted that it is responding to a cybersecurity incident affecting LCBO.com and its mobile app. In-store sales of liquor and wine are unaffected. With roughly
