State-sponsored cyberattack on B.C. government may have hit 22 email boxes: public safety minister

B.C.'s Public Safety Minister says a cyberattack conducted by a state-sponsored actor last month may have hit nearly two dozen email boxes containing sensitive information on 19 government employees.

State-sponsored cyberattack on B.C. government may have hit 22 email boxes: public safety minister
Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth attends a press conference in the press theatre at legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday, October 5, 2023.

B.C.'s Public Safety Minister says a cyberattack conducted by a state-sponsored actor last month may have hit nearly two dozen email boxes containing sensitive information on 19 government employees.