HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government says it is investigating the theft of personal information stolen through a global privacy breach to a third-party file transfer system the province was using.
Cyber Security and Digital Solutions Minister Colton LeBlanc says the province has yet to determine what information may have been taken in the breach to software company MoveIt's products.
The province is also working on uncovering how many Nova Scotians may be impacted, but promised to reach out to those whose data was stolen.
LeBlanc says MoveIT notified the province of a critical vulnerability within its system on Thursday.
The province then took the service offline and installed a security update before bringing it back online Friday, only to be told further investigation was needed.
Progress Software, the parent company of MoveIT creator Ipswitch, confirmed a vulnerability in its software last week, saying the issue could lead to potential unauthorized access of files.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 4, 2023.
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