Ransomware attack hits engineering company working on military bases, power plants

OTTAWA –

A Canadian engineering big whose work contains important navy, energy and transportation infrastructure throughout the nation has been hit with a ransomware assault.

The Department of National Defence says Black & McDonald reported the assault final month, however the firm has refused to publicly affirm the incident.

The Defence Department and Ontario Power Generation, which additionally confirmed the assault, say there is no such thing as a proof that it compromised delicate or secret details about their websites and operations.

But cybersecurity professional Terry Cutler says the assault is worrying since any secret knowledge held by Black & McDonald about its work with the navy and different shoppers might have been stolen.

The agency says it has delivered a wide variety {of electrical} and mechanical engineering companies to federal, provincial and municipal utilities and departments in recent times.

It has offered logistical and constructing help to Canadian navy bases, labored on nuclear energy vegetation and different energy stations and held contracts with the Toronto Transit Commission and Halifax airport.

This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed March 8, 2023.