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The Government of British Columbia is investigating multiple "Cybersecurity incidents" that have impacted the Canadian province's government networks.
"Recently, the Government of B.C. has identified sophisticated cybersecurity incidents involving government networks," Eby said.
"The government is working closely with the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security and other agencies to determine the extent of the incidents and implement additional measures to safeguard data and information systems."
The Government of B.C. has yet to disclose the number of cybersecurity incidents that impacted its networks and when they were detected.
The Canadian government also disclosed a data breach in November that exposed sensitive information belonging to an undisclosed number of employees after two providers of relocation services to Canadian government employees were hacked in October.
While the Canadian government didn't attribute the incident, the LockBit ransomware gang claimed responsibility for breaching SIRVA's systems on October 17 and leaked what they claimed to be archives containing 1.5TB worth of stolen documents.