Canada Cyber Centre
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700Credit breach exposes data of 5.8 million dealership customers
700Credit said a breach that originated at an integration partner exposed personal data of more than 5.8 million vehicle dealership customers, including Social Security numbers; the company is notifying affected individuals and offering TransUnion monitoring.
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Freedom Mobile discloses breach after subcontractor account used to access customer data
Freedom Mobile said attackers used a subcontractor’s account to access its customer account management platform, exposing names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers and account numbers; the company detected the breach on October 23 and has not disclosed the number of affected customers.
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Canada warns of hacktivist breaches at water, energy and farm facilities
The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security warned that hacktivists have repeatedly breached internet-exposed industrial control systems at water, oil and agricultural sites, altering control settings and prompting guidance to remove direct internet exposure, use multifactor VPNs, and report incidents through the Cyber Centre.
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AI-assisted CopyCop disinformation network expands with hundreds of fake-news sites, researchers say
A Recorded Future Insikt Group study finds that CopyCop, a Kremlin-linked disinformation network, has expanded into hundreds of AI-generated fake-news sites, using self-hosted Llama 3 models to craft content and deepen influence across the U.S., Europe, and Canada, while funding and infrastructure details highlight the scale of the operation.
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Canada’s House of Commons Investigates Data Breach Tied to Reported Microsoft Vulnerability Exploitation
Canada’s House of Commons is investigating a data breach after a cyberattack reportedly exposed employee information. The Cyber Centre is assisting, and authorities caution that attribution remains complex. The incident comes as Canada and other nations grapple with recently disclosed Microsoft vulnerabilities, including CVE-2025-53770 (ToolShell) and CVE-2025-53786, which have seen active exploitation by various threat…
