New school year brings fresh cyber safety reminders for Ontario students and families
The following article first appeared in CBC News on September 5, 2025.” Cybersecurity experts are stressing the importance of student cyber safety as tens of thousands of Ontario kids return to the classroom with devices and laptops in hand. With the rise of generative AI, cloud-based services, social media, and increasingly sophisticated online threats, they […]
Chinese-backed hackers ‘almost certainly’ targeted Canada during theft of millions of Americans’ data
This article first appeared on CBC news on September 5, 2025. A Chinese hacking group that may have stolen information from nearly every American “almost certainly” targeted a Canadian telecommunications company as well, according to a warning from Canada’s cyber intelligence agency. The prowess of the Beijing-backed group often referred to as Salt Typhoon is back […]
WATCH: PowerSchool breach leaves student data exposed — Catalyst’s Charles Finlay weighs in
On Wednesday, May 7, the Toronto District School Board notified parents that their children’s personal information — stolen in the PowerSchool data breach last December — was never deleted, even though a ransom was paid to hackers. Millions of student records remain exposed, and cybersecurity experts are warning families and school officials to stay alert. […]
Southwestern Ontario hospital cyberattack cost organizations $7.5M
The following first appeared in CBC News on August 30, 2024. A ransomware attack that forced critical systems at five southwestern Ontario hospitals offline for weeks last year has cost those organizations upwards of $7.5 million. The October 23 cyberattack compromised private records of hundreds of thousands of employees and patients when hackers gained access to the organizations’ […]