Major Canadian Military Contractor Compromised in Ransomware Attack

From infosecurity-magazine.com

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A Canadian construction company that won military and government contracts worth millions of dollars has suffered a ransomware attack. 

General contractor Bird Construction, which is based in Toronto, was allegedly targeted by cyber-threat group MAZE in December 2019. MAZE claims to have stolen 60 GB of data from the company, which landed 48 contracts worth $406m with Canada’s Department of National Defense between 2006 and 2015.

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