The College of Nurses of Ontario was targeted in a cyber security incident in mid September 2020.
The attack exposed the personal information of almost 200,000 members and nurses.
CNO immediately took preventive steps to contain the incident and investigated the incident with the help of a cybersecurity firm.
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/college-of-nurses-ontario-cyber-security-incident-1.5727816
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/college-of-nurses-of-ontario
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"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "09/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': ['Members and nurses'],
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'Ontario, Canada',
'name': 'College of Nurses of Ontario',
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'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'Almost 200,000',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal information']},
'date_detected': 'Mid September 2020',
'description': 'The College of Nurses of Ontario was targeted in a cyber '
'security incident in mid September 2020. The attack exposed '
'the personal information of almost 200,000 members and '
'nurses. CNO immediately took preventive steps to contain the '
'incident and investigated the incident with the help of a '
'cybersecurity firm.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal information of members and nurses']},
'response': {'containment_measures': ['Preventive steps to contain the '
'incident'],
'third_party_assistance': ['Cybersecurity firm']},
'title': 'Cyber Security Incident at College of Nurses of Ontario',
'type': 'Data Breach'}