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MOH, OPP assisting in investigation of suspected ransomware attack at Kingston hospital

November 6, 2020November 6, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments cyber attack, cyber crime, cyber security, David Skillicorn, emails, Kingston, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Ministry of Health, NHS, online security, phishing, ransom, REvil, website

A number of government agencies are assisting in the investigation into a suspected ransomware attack at Kingston Health Sciences Centre,

Update – Resolved: KHSC investigating possible cyber-security incident

November 4, 2020November 5, 2020 Cris Vilela 0 Comments COVID-19, cyber security, David Skillicorn, Hotel Dieu Hospital (HDH), issue resolved, KGH, Kingston, Kingston General Hospital (KGH), Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), no internet, ongoing issue, online screening tool, pre-screening, Providence Care Hospital, ransomware, Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), security breach, update

Update (Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020): According to Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), the interruption to online access at the institution’s

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Contact tracing apps ‘fundamentally flawed’ for controlling COVID-19

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments Australia, Bluetooth, computer science, contact tracing apps, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 exposure, David Skillicorn, Germany, government, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), outbreaks, phone apps, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Public Health, Queen's University, School of Computing, Singapore, technology

A computing expert from Queen’s University says mobile contact tracing apps simply aren’t useful for managing the spread of COVID-19.

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Motives unclear as cyber attack shuts down RMC network

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments Canadian Forces Network Operations Centre, computer engineering, computers, cyber attack, cyber crime, David Skillicorn, Greg Phillips, Kingston, Queen's Univeristy, ransomware, Royal Military College, Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), Shared Services Canada

Kingston’s Royal Military College is one of four military training schools in Canada targeted in a mysterious cyber attack. Discovered