Nova Scotia power confirms ransomware attack, 280k notified of data breach

Nearly one month after it informed customers that it had been targeted in a cyberattack, Canadian electric utility Nova Scotia Power admitted on Friday that it has been dealing with a ransomware attack.

The breach was disclosed by Nova Scotia Power and its parent company Emera on April 28, and on May 1 they admitted that hackers had stolen some customer information. 

On May 14, Nova Scotia Power informed customers that information such as name, date of birth, phone number, email address, mailing and service addresses, power consumption, service requests, and payment, billing, and credit history was compromised.

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