State actor blamed for cyberattack on BC government systems

pn n n concatei18ntsearchvoicerecognitionretryn ppeconfigsaAriaclosedTextppThe head of BCs public service has announced that there is a high degree of confidence a state or statesponsored actor attempted to breach government systems in a cyberattackppShannon Salter head of the public service announced that three separate attempts were made to breach government systems over the last month with attackers being directed to do so by a foreign stateppSalter said that investigations remain ongoing and did not share which state could have been involved in the cyberattack or which systems they attempted to accessppPremier David Eby announced the cyberattack on Wednesday saying the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security CCCS and other agencies are involved in the investigationppPublic Safety Minister and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth told reporters Friday there is no evidence that sensitive information such as health data has been compromised in the attackppFarnworth added there was no evidence the cyberattack succeeded in accessing the information and there had been no ransom demandppMike Farnworth minister of public safety and solicitor general has said the recently announced cyberattack on BC government systems was likely carried out by a state or statesponsored actor Ben NelmsCBCppGovernment staff with support from other agencies have worked to protect government systems and respond to the incident he said at the news conference They have been able to ensure that there has not been an interruption to government operations or servicesppHe added that 76 staff are employed yearround to protect government systems from cyberattacks with officials saying a large number of attempts are made on government systems dailyppTimeline of attackppSalter told reporters in a technical briefing Friday afternoon that the BC government first began investigating an attempted breach of its systems on April 10ppOn April 11 the cybersecurity incident was confirmed and reported to the CCCS and the government also notified Microsofts Detection and Response Team DART of the suspected breach attemptppA few weeks later on April 29 Salter said the same threat actor was involved in additional activity on government systems and public service workers were told to change their passwordsppOn May 6 another cyberattack was identified with Salter saying the same threat actor was responsible for all three incidentsppTwo days later BCs premier went public with news of the attack after the CCCS told officials that safeguards had been put in place that would allow the public to be notifiedppThe CCCS is part of Canadas national cryptological agency the Communications Security Establishment providing guidance services and support to government on cybersecurityppMotivation behind cyberattack unknownppSalter said that the investigation into the cyberattacks will continue and emphasized that over 40 terabytes of data is being analyzed more than what is held in the US Library of CongressppFarnworth said that the CCCS believes a state or statesponsored actor is behind the attack based on the sophistication of the attempted breachesppBeing able to do what technical experts were seeing and covering up their tracks is the hallmarks of a state actor or a statesponsored actor he saidppThe BC government has said no sensitive information was compromised in the cyberattack but did not disclose which systems exactly were attempted to be accessed Tammy54ShutterstockppSalter said the motivation behind the cyberattack remains unknownppShe added that previous investments in BCs cybersecurity infrastructure helped detect the attack last month and the government spends more than 25 million a year to beef up its security controls in addition to working closely with its federal partnersppWorkers told to change passwordsppThe premier said last week that the provinces chief information officer had directed public service employees to change their passwords to ensure the security of government email systemsppThe Opposition BC United party questioned why the government took a week to update the public about the cyberattack given the password change notification last weekppSalter said on Friday that the CCCS was clear all along that the cyberattacks could not be made public until appropriate measures had been put in place in order to avoid further attacksppBC Premier David Eby first went public with news of the cyberattack on Wednesday with public service workers being told to change their passwords a little over a week before that Ben NelmsCBCppEby said to his knowledge the cyberattack isnt connected to the recent attack on London DrugsppThe pharmacy and retail chain based in Richmond BC had to close all of its stores in Western Canada for a week in response with the chains CEO remaining tightlipped about the exact cause of the attackppThe BC Libraries Cooperative said last week that it was also targeted by a hacker who threatened to release user data if a 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