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- Nova Scotia Power confirmed a cyber attacks in March 2025
- The attackers have stolen sensitive customer data, including names, SSNs and – in some cases – bank information
- Customers are offered free monitoring of identity theft
Nova Scotia Power, an important electricity provider in the Canadian province, suffered a cyber attack in which sensitive customer information lost. The company confirmed the news in an announcement published on its website.
The original announcement, published at the end of April 2025, said that the attack did not disrupt the physical activities of the company, or the ability to serve its customers, but added that the team worked to bring parts of its IT system online.
Een volgende update verklaarde dat de aanval plaatsvond op 19 maart 2025, en dat de onvergetelijke namen, telefoonnummers, e -mailadressen, e -mailadressen, mailing- en servicesadressen, Nova Scotia Power Program Participation Information, Geboortedatum, en klantverzekeringsgeschiedenis en sociale verzekeringsnummers en sociale verzekeringsnummers en sociale verzekeringsnummers en sociaalverzekeringsaanvragen en sociale verzekeringen en sociale verzekeringsaanvragen en sociale verzekeringsaanvragen have stolen.
No proof of abuse
“For some of our customers, bank account numbers (for in advance authorized payment) may also have been affected if this information has been provided by these customers.”
Although all stolen data is valuable for criminals and can be used in a wide range of ways, Identity For Phishing, the latter part – the loss of bank account numbers – is especially worrying, because it also enables crooks to mount wire fraud.
Nova Scotia Power emphasized that there is no evidence that the data in the wild has been abused and added that it offers a two -year subscription to an “extensive credit monitoring service” by two years.
People who are affected by the infringement are currently informed, the company added, without making known exactly how many people that is. At the time of the press, no threat factors claimed responsibility for the attack.
Users are advised to remain vigilant and particularly careful when receiving unsolicited E -mail messages or phone calls, from people who claim to be from Nova Scotia Power.
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