Canada

PowerSchool theft latest: Decades of Canadian student records, data from 40-plus US states feared stolen

Updated Lawsuits pile up after database accessed by miscreants

Cyber-crime22 Jan 2025 | 31

Turbulence at UN aviation agency as probe into potential data theft begins

Crime forum-dweller claims to have leaked 42,000 documents packed with personal info

Cyber-crime07 Jan 2025 |

Canada commits $1.4B to sovereign compute infrastructure as it joins the AI arms race

Project includes hundreds of millions of loonies for a national supercomputing facility

AI + ML05 Dec 2024 | 10

Google earns fresh competition scrutiny from two nations on a single day

India unhappy about treatment of some games, Canada upset by adware monopoly

Legal29 Nov 2024 | 13

Trump tariffs transform into bigger threats for Mexico, Canada than China

America's neighbors now face 25% because of fentanyl and immigration, China just 10% on top of existing duties

Systems26 Nov 2024 | 275

Canada passes new right to repair rules with the same old problem

No mention of how to get the tools to bypass software locks means owner still legally beholden to OEMs

Personal Tech12 Nov 2024 | 10

Canada closes TikTok's offices but leaves using the app a matter of 'personal choice'

Govt order destroys 'hundreds of well-paying local jobs', eh

Personal Tech08 Nov 2024 | 29

Chinese attackers accessed Canadian government networks – for five years

India makes it onto list of likely threats for the first time

Cybersecurity Month31 Oct 2024 | 15

Canadian artist wants Anthropic AI lawsuit corrected

Interview Tim Boucher objects to the mischaracterization of his work in authors' copyright claim

AI + ML31 Aug 2024 | 17

IBM Canada can't duck channel exec's systematic age discrimination claim

'They actually replaced me with a younger employee'

Channel04 Aug 2024 | 34

Canada poutine more pressure on Google by expanding ad biz antitrust probe

Court order means ad giant will have to cough evidence of possible market manipulation

Public Sector01 Mar 2024 | 8

Mon Dieu! Nearly half the French population have data nabbed in massive breach

Infosec In Brief PLUS: Juniper's support portal leaks customer info; Canada moves to ban Flipper Zero; Critical vulns

Security12 Feb 2024 | 19

Third-party data breach affecting Canadian government could involve data from 1999

Any govt staffers who used relocation services over past 24 years could be at risk

Cyber-crime21 Nov 2023 | 5

Canada to remove China’s top messaging app WeChat from government devices

Kaspersky also on the way out due to ‘unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security'

Cybersecurity Month31 Oct 2023 | 11

Canada goosed as attackers shutter hospitals and China deepfakes its politicians

Eh? Canucks cracked by cyber crims

Cyber-crime25 Oct 2023 | 11

Former IBM Canada worker wins six-figure payout for wrongful dismissal

Worked 38 years and was stiffed at the end, tells El Reg age was a probably factor

On-Prem25 Oct 2023 | 40

Need a decent dining spot in Ottawa? Microsoft suggested a food bank

Azure giant blames human error, not AI – up to you to swallow that

Bootnotes18 Aug 2023 | 27

Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-job, no-worries work permits

They're vetted, almost acculturated, and will be booted from the US if they lose their gig

Legal28 Jun 2023 | 84

Laid-off 60-year-old Kyndryl exec says he was told IT giant wanted 'new blood'

As spinoff quietly erases claim that average age in mainframe group was 35

On-Prem02 Jun 2023 | 54

Shopify sees $1.5B loss turn into $68M profit, celebrates by firing 20% of staff

Thanks for your service, now push off

Personal Tech04 May 2023 | 4

Canada sticks a privacy probe into OpenAI's ChatGPT

Chatbot's overseers accused of collecting, using, disclosing personal info without consent

AI + ML06 Apr 2023 | 6

Here's a fun idea: Try to unlock and drive away in someone else's Tesla

Bring back keys! Bring back keys!

Offbeat15 Mar 2023 | 146

Yukon UFO could have cost unfortunate balloon fan $12

How much are sidewinder missiles going for these days?

Offbeat20 Feb 2023 | 121

'Multiple security breaches' shut down trucker protest

10-7, there buddy, sorry

Security03 Jan 2023 | 94

Meta threatens to stop sharing news in USA to protest publisher payment plan

Good luck with that, Zuck – remember how it worked out in Australia?

Legal06 Dec 2022 | 72

US ends case against Huawei CFO who holed up in Canada for three years

Wanzhou Meng hasn't re-offended, so last possible charges have been dismissed

Legal05 Dec 2022 | 22

Airbnb turns its anti-partying tech on American lodgers

Looking to book a large house on a weekend? You'll have to clear a few hurdles

Personal Tech17 Aug 2022 | 19

After config error takes down Rogers, it promises to spend billions on reliability

Routers flooded with internet traffic in filter blunder, watchdog told

Networks25 Jul 2022 | 20

Canadian ISP Rogers falls over for hours, takes out broadband, cable, cellphones

Updated ATMs, 911 calls, and more hit by networking snafu

Networks08 Jul 2022 | 58

Teeth marks yield clue to widespread internet outage in Canada

The chompers belonged to a beaver and offer a parable on the risks of a shared physical layer

Networks15 Jun 2022 | 57

Tim Hortons collected location data constantly, without consent, report finds

Hortons hears a sue

Personal Tech03 Jun 2022 | 64

Canada bans Huawei and ZTE from 5G networks, citing national security risks

Ban on shopping from September, rip and replace order with 2024 deadline

Security20 May 2022 | 21

Google funds first sub cable to cross Pacific from Japan to Canada

Google says Topaz will lower latency, even though both nations already have shorter routes to bit barns

Off-Prem08 Apr 2022 | 4

Canada wants Big Tech to share its riches with news publishers

Who, what, when, how still to be worked out, ironically

Personal Tech06 Apr 2022 | 9

Canada invests in chip and photonics future

Modest cash infusion to boost Great White North's computing industry

Systems09 Mar 2022 | 1

Canadian Netwalker ransomware crook pleads guilty to million-dollar crimes

Crim has 80 months to think on choices made in life

Security08 Feb 2022 | 5

Cop drone crashes into flight instructor's airplane

The plod needs a lesson in keeping air traffic controllers in the loop, it seems

Bootnotes23 Aug 2021 | 30

Mounties messed up by using Clearview AI, says Canadian Privacy Commissioner

RCMP said it only used technology to rescue children, but regulator says that's wrong and Privacy Act was breached

Legal11 Jun 2021 | 6

Dam it: Beaver ate our internet, says tiny Canadian town of Tumbler Ridge

Then made a house out of it

Bootnotes26 Apr 2021 | 46

We regret to inform you the professor teaching your online course is already dead

Updated Canadian educator apparently was an excellent teacher

Bootnotes27 Jan 2021 | 76

When it comes to taxing tech giants, America is out, France is in, Canada and Indonesia are going their own way

With Trump on the way out, 2021 is going to be digital levy a-go-go time

SaaS02 Dec 2020 | 65

Canadian uni blames users, 'isolated technical problems' as new Workday system fails to pay 700 temps on time

Don't suppose that factored into the '10 Reasons to be Excited About Workday at McGill!'

SaaS29 Oct 2020 | 6

Hootsuite melts ICE deal after staff revolt: CEO vows not to divide biz like agents divided families at the US border

Contract would have run for up to three years, bagged $500,000, it seems

Personal Tech25 Sep 2020 | 26

Canadian shipping company Canpar gets an unwanted delivery – ransomware

In brief Meanwhile, Gmail finally deals with a 'confused mailman' problem

Security24 Aug 2020 | 7

Canada's .ca overlord rolls out free privacy-protecting DNS-over-HTTPS service for folks in Great White North

L’ACEI lance le Bouclier canadien dans le but de protéger gratuitement la vie privée et la sécurité des Canadiens en ligne

Security23 Apr 2020 | 19

Kaspersky cleans up poisoned watering hole, Google presses pause on cookie crackdown

Roundup Plus: SystemD has a privilege escalation flaw that needs patching, and more bits and bytes

Security06 Apr 2020 | 16

The shelves may be empty, but the disk is full: Not even Linux can resist the bork at times

Bork!Bork!Bork! Walmart Canada takes a break from slinging ads

OSes24 Mar 2020 | 56

No big deal, Rogers, your internal source code and keys are only on the open web. Don't hurry to take it down

Updated 'Closed source' blueprints available for all to gawp at – and potentially exploit

Software24 Jan 2020 | 14

Put the crypt into cryptocoin: Amid grave concerns, lawyers to literally dig into exchange exec who died owing $190m

Investors to crack open a cold one if exhumation request successful

Science16 Dec 2019 | 36

Ransomware freezes govt IT in Canadian territory of Nunavut, drops citizens right Inuit

As US picks up its game, scumbags seek new targets

Security04 Nov 2019 | 6

Hacktivist skids nip at Mounties' ankles, Emotet ransomware rides again, and more

Roundup Including AV patches, VPN attacks, data leaks, and security cam holes

Security26 Aug 2019 | 4

Break out the poutine! SpaceX flings triple serving of Canadian satellites into orbit

Next up, Falcon Heavy and thinking about those Crew Dragons for Bigelow

Science12 Jun 2019 | 17

Owner of Smuggler's Inn B&B ordered to put up a sign warning guests not to cross into Canada

A subtle rebranding exercise might be needed

Bootnotes26 Apr 2019 | 115

Canadian woman fined for not holding escalator handrail finally reaches the top after 10 years

Top court, that is – she coped fine with the escalator

Bootnotes18 Apr 2019 | 146

Not quite the Bake Off they were expecting: Canadian seniors served weed-infused brownies

Mummy, why is Gramps talking to that tree?

Bootnotes22 Mar 2019 | 44

Boeing... Boeing... Gone: Canada, America finally ground 737 Max jets as they await anti-death-crash software patches

Mad Max airline grudgingly backs decision 'out of an abundance of caution'

Software13 Mar 2019 | 142