I woke up to the news that the Toronto Zoo has been hit with a cyberattack. They posted a statement here. Here’s the relevant part:
Your Toronto Zoo is currently experiencing a ransomware/cyber incident. It was first detected early Friday, January 5, 2024 and Zoo staff took immediate steps to start to determine the extent of the incident.
We are investigating the impact, if any, to our guests, Members and donor records. We can confirm we do not currently store any credit card information. Once we have more information we will share it broadly.
Currently, our animal wellbeing, care and support systems have not been impacted by this incident and we are continuing with normal Zoo operations including being open to guests. The Zoo website is not impacted, and ticket purchases can continue to be made online at torontozoo.com.
We are working with the City of Toronto’s Chief Information Security Office and third-party cyber security experts to resolve the situation and have reported it to Toronto Police Services.
This is the latest attack to hit a public institution in Ontario. The Toronto Public Library, LCBO, and a bunch of Ontario hospitals have been pwned as of late. Now it’s early days when it comes to the Toronto Zoo. So it will likely take some time to find out how bad this is. But what is clear is that public institutions need to do more to stop this sort of thing from happening. Because this sort of thing is happening way too often.
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Toronto Zoo Pwned In A Cyberattack
I woke up to the news that the Toronto Zoo has been hit with a cyberattack. They posted a statement here. Here’s the relevant part:
Your Toronto Zoo is currently experiencing a ransomware/cyber incident. It was first detected early Friday, January 5, 2024 and Zoo staff took immediate steps to start to determine the extent of the incident.
We are investigating the impact, if any, to our guests, Members and donor records. We can confirm we do not currently store any credit card information. Once we have more information we will share it broadly.
Currently, our animal wellbeing, care and support systems have not been impacted by this incident and we are continuing with normal Zoo operations including being open to guests. The Zoo website is not impacted, and ticket purchases can continue to be made online at torontozoo.com.
We are working with the City of Toronto’s Chief Information Security Office and third-party cyber security experts to resolve the situation and have reported it to Toronto Police Services.
This is the latest attack to hit a public institution in Ontario. The Toronto Public Library, LCBO, and a bunch of Ontario hospitals have been pwned as of late. Now it’s early days when it comes to the Toronto Zoo. So it will likely take some time to find out how bad this is. But what is clear is that public institutions need to do more to stop this sort of thing from happening. Because this sort of thing is happening way too often.
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