Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-04-14 00:00:00
Affected organization: Canadian medical research facility
Affected country: Canada
Industry: Health Care and Social Assistance
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Researchers from Palo Alto discover a ransomware attack against a Canadian medical research facility exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic.