FortisOntario Inc.

FortisOntario Inc.

FortisOntario, an electric parent company in Cornwall suffered a data breach in a third-party ransomware attack.

The third-party contractor handles billing services for it and the attack on it could have exposed personal information like customer names, addresses, electrical consumption, and other information on bills.

Source: https://www.cornwallseawaynews.com/2021/03/18/some-cornwall-electric-billing-info-may-have-been-exposed-during-ransomware-attack/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/fortisontario-inc.

"id": "for15565322",
"linkid": "fortisontario-inc.",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "03/2021",
"severity": "70",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Electric Utilities',
                        'location': 'Cornwall',
                        'name': 'FortisOntario',
                        'type': 'Electric Parent Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['customer names',
                                              'addresses',
                                              'electrical consumption',
                                              'other information on bills']},
 'description': 'FortisOntario, an electric parent company in Cornwall, '
                'suffered a data breach in a third-party ransomware attack. '
                'The third-party contractor handles billing services for it '
                'and the attack on it could have exposed personal information '
                'like customer names, addresses, electrical consumption, and '
                'other information on bills.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['customer names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'electrical consumption',
                                 'other information on bills']},
 'title': 'FortisOntario Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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