Canada
CAN
Elgin County cyberattack disables website and email for nearly four weeks
Elgin County detected unauthorized network access on 1 April 2022 and disconnected its network. Public website and email functions were unavailable until 27 April, disrupting county digital communication with residents and routine external correspondence. A later data exposure was confirmed in May, but that disclosure date is distinct from the operational outage.
70
Estimated severity
70 / 100
93
Source reliability
93 / 100
Approximate Date
2022-04-01
Targeted Company
COUNTY OF ELGIN
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
Canada
Affected countries
Canada
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
26 days
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Operational disruptionService unavailability
Affected sectors
Government & Public Administration
Affected departments
Customer ServiceInformation Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Data exfiltrationUnauthorized access
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
globalnews.cahttps://globalnews.ca/news/8838788/personal-data-files-elgin-cybersecurity-exposure/globalnews.cahttps://globalnews.ca/news/8784846/elgin-county-phishing-email-scams/ianscityscope.comhttps://ianscityscope.com/2022/05/14/attempting-to-avoid-an-unavoidable-reality-cyberattack-directed-at-county-of-elgin-network-results-in-a-data-breach-impacting-hundreds-of-individuals/