Fort St. John and Dawson Creek library patrons' data taken in breach
Library patrons in Fort St. John and Dawson Creek are being advised that some of their email addresses and phone numbers were part of a leak.
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Library patrons in Fort St. John and Dawson Creek are being advised that some of their email addresses and phone numbers were part of a leak.
The co-op didn’t respond and didn’t send any ransom money
Emails and phone numbers of an unknown number of library users may have been accessed
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.
B.C. libraries have been targeted by a hacker who demanded a ransom or they would release user data that includes the phone numbers and email addresses of some clients.