VICTORIA — A hacker demanded ransom money after obtaining data from a server used by libraries throughout British Columbia, but a system manager who responded to the incident saysthe leak was limitedand the issue was fixed immediately.
Scott Leslie is the privacy and security officer for the B.C. Libraries Cooperative and says they received an email from the hacker on April 19 claiming to have taken"sensitive" information and threatening to release it if the co-op didn't pay.
The Cariboo Regional District issued a statement on Friday saying its library was among those affected by the data breach, which involves users who received automated notifications from the library system between March 27 and April 19.The actual contents of any emails were not part of the breach, he adds.
Leslie says the co-op is reviewing its policies and taking steps to ensure such a cybersecurity incident won't happen again.
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