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Nova Scotia Power confirms server breach was ‘sophisticated’ ransomware attack

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Power has confirmed what cybersecurity experts have suspected for weeks 鈥 that it was the victim of a ransomware attack.

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Nova Scotia Power confirms server breach was 'sophisticated' ransomware attack

Nova Scotia Power’s Tufts Cove generating station is seen in Dartmouth, N.S., Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan


HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Power has confirmed what cybersecurity experts have suspected for weeks 鈥 that it was the victim of a ransomware attack.

In an update today, the private utility says it never made a payment to the person or group behind the 鈥渟ophisticated鈥 attack.

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