On Friday, Canadian electric utility Nova Scotia Power acknowledged that it has been grappling with a ransomware attack, over a month after notifying consumers that it had been the victim of a hack.
On April 28, Nova Scotia Power and its parent company Emera announced the breach, and on May 1, they acknowledged that some customer data had been stolen by hackers.
Name, date of birth, phone number, email address, mailing and service locations, power usage, service requests, and payment, billing, and credit history were among the details that Nova Scotia Power notified consumers were compromised on May 14.
Additionally, the hackers were able to get Social Security numbers, driver’s license information, and bank account details that were shared for pre-authorized payments.
The corporation emphasized that facilities for the production, transmission, and distribution of power were unaffected by the incident. Nova Scotia Power acknowledged becoming the target of what it called a sophisticated ransomware attack in the most recent update read more about Nova Scotia Power Confirms Ransomware Attack 280k Notified of Data Breach.
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