News Items tag as: Okanagan College cyberattack

Okanagan College hijackers identified; promise four days until data dump
January 26, 2023 - 1:32 PM

An international criminal gang that specializes in cyberattacks on educational institutions appears to be holding data acquired in a security breach at Okanagan College for ransom.
Students feel 'betrayed' by Okanagan College's handling of data breach
January 25, 2023 - 6:00 AM

It was bad enough that a cyberattack disrupted classes at Okanagan College’s campuses two weeks ago, but now thousands of students also have to cope with the added stress of knowing their personal information may be in the hands of villains.
IDENTITY THEFT: Okanagan College warns students personal information may have been hacked
January 24, 2023 - 7:30 AM

Okanagan College is warning all its students that their personal information, including social insurance numbers, may have been stolen during a Jan. 9 cyberattack.
Cybercriminals are after everyone, not just big organizations like Okanagan College: expert
January 18, 2023 - 6:00 AM

A cyberattack knocked Okanagan College offline for more than a week. It is just now slowing getting its systems back into operation.
Okanagan College's computer system slowly coming back to life
January 16, 2023 - 9:55 AM

After a week of having its phone and computer systems shut down throughout the region, Okanagan College is slowly getting them back in operation.
Okanagan College crippled by cyberattack
January 11, 2023 - 12:02 PM

Phone, email and all other internet services at Okanagan College crashed on Monday and the outage continues today, Jan. 11.
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News Items tag as: Okanagan College cyberattack

Okanagan College hijackers identified; promise four days until data dump

Students feel 'betrayed' by Okanagan College's handling of data breach

IDENTITY THEFT: Okanagan College warns students personal information may have been hacked

Cybercriminals are after everyone, not just big organizations like Okanagan College: expert

Okanagan College's computer system slowly coming back to life

Okanagan College crippled by cyberattack

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