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

Update – Resolved: KHSC investigating possible cyber-security incident

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

Motives unclear as cyber attack shuts down RMC network

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, according to the Ministry of Health. “The Ministry of Health is aware of a potential REvil Ransomware incident at Kingston Health Science Centre. Kingston Health Science Centre is continuing to

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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 sites is now resolved. On Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, KHSC provided an update on the cyber attack situation that began the day before. “Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has completed

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July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 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. “The thing is, these just can’t work,” said David Skillicorn, a professor of computing at Queen’s University. Contact tracing apps use a phone’s Bluetooth mechanism to alert people when they’ve

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July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 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 on the morning of Friday, Jul. 3, 2020, the attack has temporarily disabled the University’s online network. “It looks like all their core systems got hit,” said David Skillicorn, a