If the head of Canadian cybersecurity can be hacked, what hope is there for the rest of us?.Scott Jones, head of the Canadian Centre for Cybersecurity, said data breaches have impacted virtually everyone in Canada, said Blacklock’s Reporter..“There have been so many data breaches outside of the Government of Canada I’m talking, that there is a tremendous amount of information available on each citizen, about all of us, on the web,” Jones told the Commons government operations committee..“I know I’ve been the victim of data breaches when Yahoo was breached.”.“Wow, did they ever pick the wrong guy,” said New Democrat MP Matthew Green (Hamilton Centre, Ont.)..“It’s the reality, unfortunately,” replied Jones..“Can you imagine?” said Green..Some 200 million Yahoo account holders had personal information breached through successive hacks in 2013 and 2014. The attacks were only disclosed in 2016 as the largest data breach in Internet history..Jones didn’t elaborate on his loss of personal information, but noted he had not suffered any data breach through his federal email accounts..“We do take it very seriously, the need to protect that information,” said Jones..“We defend the Government of Canada, share best practices to prevent compromises, manage and coordinate incidents of importance and work to secure a digital Canada..“The cyber centre has created a collection of advice and guidance products available to inform Canadians about how to stay safe online. I encourage Canadians who are looking for easy-to-follow tips on cybersecurity to visit our website.”.The Department of Public Safety in a 2020 report said nine-tenths of businesses hit by hackers never call police. A total of 20% said it never occurred to them to contact authorities..“One of the main reasons why businesses failed to report cybercrime was because they did not think police would consider the cyber incident important,” said the Profile Of Canadian Businesses Who Report Cybercrime To Police..Findings were based on national questionnaires to 10,794 businesses with revenues more than $100,000 a year..The RCMP in 2017 confirmed during testimony at the Senate banking committee it did not consider privacy breaches a police matter..“While unfortunate, it’s not necessarily a crime,” testified Scott Doran, chief superintendent..“It’s a contract entered into by a corporation and a citizen, and a breach of contract does not constitute a crime,” said Doran..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby7694
If the head of Canadian cybersecurity can be hacked, what hope is there for the rest of us?.Scott Jones, head of the Canadian Centre for Cybersecurity, said data breaches have impacted virtually everyone in Canada, said Blacklock’s Reporter..“There have been so many data breaches outside of the Government of Canada I’m talking, that there is a tremendous amount of information available on each citizen, about all of us, on the web,” Jones told the Commons government operations committee..“I know I’ve been the victim of data breaches when Yahoo was breached.”.“Wow, did they ever pick the wrong guy,” said New Democrat MP Matthew Green (Hamilton Centre, Ont.)..“It’s the reality, unfortunately,” replied Jones..“Can you imagine?” said Green..Some 200 million Yahoo account holders had personal information breached through successive hacks in 2013 and 2014. The attacks were only disclosed in 2016 as the largest data breach in Internet history..Jones didn’t elaborate on his loss of personal information, but noted he had not suffered any data breach through his federal email accounts..“We do take it very seriously, the need to protect that information,” said Jones..“We defend the Government of Canada, share best practices to prevent compromises, manage and coordinate incidents of importance and work to secure a digital Canada..“The cyber centre has created a collection of advice and guidance products available to inform Canadians about how to stay safe online. I encourage Canadians who are looking for easy-to-follow tips on cybersecurity to visit our website.”.The Department of Public Safety in a 2020 report said nine-tenths of businesses hit by hackers never call police. A total of 20% said it never occurred to them to contact authorities..“One of the main reasons why businesses failed to report cybercrime was because they did not think police would consider the cyber incident important,” said the Profile Of Canadian Businesses Who Report Cybercrime To Police..Findings were based on national questionnaires to 10,794 businesses with revenues more than $100,000 a year..The RCMP in 2017 confirmed during testimony at the Senate banking committee it did not consider privacy breaches a police matter..“While unfortunate, it’s not necessarily a crime,” testified Scott Doran, chief superintendent..“It’s a contract entered into by a corporation and a citizen, and a breach of contract does not constitute a crime,” said Doran..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby7694