Canadian municipalities are being hit by cyber attacks - here’s why that’s important

We talk a lot about cyber crime, and cyber attacks, and when we do, we usually talk about how it could hurt you and your personal data.

But now imagine cyber hackers tried to bring down the systems and services of an entire town or city?

This is actually happening to various extents. And one of the latest Canadian municipalities to be targeted is the City of Stratford in Ontario.

This past April, the city’s servers got hijacked in what police described as a ransomware attack.

So what happens when a city gets caught up in something like this? And what are the hackers looking for?

Guest: Prof Tom Keenan

Cyber crime expert at the University of Calgary

Author of best-selling book, Technocreep

We talk a lot about cyber crime, and cyber attacks, and when we do, we usually talk about how it could hurt you and your personal data.

But now imagine cyber hackers tried to bring down the systems and services of an entire town or city?

This is actually happening to various extents. And one of the latest Canadian municipalities to be targeted is the City of Stratford in Ontario.

This past April, the city’s servers got hijacked in what police described as a ransomware attack.

So what happens when a city gets caught up in something like this? And what are the hackers looking for?

Guest: Prof Tom Keenan

Cyber crime expert at the University of Calgary

Author of best-selling book, Technocreep