Hackers Steal Customer Data in Nova Scotia Power Cyberattack
- Nova Scotia Power disclosed a cybersecurity breach on March 19, 2025, in Halifax involving unauthorized access to customer data.
- The breach resulted from a ransomware-style attack where extortionists accessed and stole sensitive customer information.
- The compromised information involves customer credit records, social insurance information, driver’s licence data, contact details, and records of account activity.
- Nova Scotia Power indicated that there are currently no indications that customers' personal information has been compromised, and has arranged for those affected to receive complimentary credit monitoring services for a period of two years.
- The incident led the utility to notify impacted customers and warn about phishing attempts, though no ransom group has claimed responsibility yet.
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Nova Scotia electric utility says stolen customer data includes bank account numbers
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s electric utility says data stolen from its customers includes credit histories, social insurance numbers and information on driver’s licences and bank accounts. In an update today, Nova Scotia Power says some customers’ names, ages, phone numbers, as well as email, mailing and service addresses may have also been taken. The utility’s […]
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