The new devices were a drop in the bucket, however, in the total cost to mitigate the damage caused by the cyber attack on the agency. Documents released to the Star show the National Research Council had to replace a number of “end-point devices”—internet-connected devices like laptops and printers – after foreign hackers targeted its networks in 2014. OTTAWA–A federal research agency bought $8 million worth of new laptops after a crippling cyber attack targeted its secrets in 2014, the Star has learned. In July 2014, CTV News reported that the NRC’s network had been isolated from the rest of the federal government due to a cyber attack. They also hint at how costly damaging a cyber attack can be for an agency – public or private – that doesn’t have sufficient defences.

Source: thestar April 10, 2017 09:56 UTC