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.
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![Police are involved in the investigation into a sophisticated attempt to breach protected British Columbia government information systems, said Solicitor General Mike Farnworth, pictured here at an October 2023 press conference, on Thursday. 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.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7199679.1717448629!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/cybersecurity-breach-bc-20240509.jpg)
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.