Algonquin College investigating cybersecurity attack

Posted on Friday, June 29th, 2018

OTTAWA —Algonquin College is investigating a cybersecurity incident that may affect thousands of current and former students and employees of the College.

A preliminary forensic investigation indicates one of the College’s servers was compromised by a cyber-attack. It is not yet known how many people may be affected by this data breach, though the College will provide those numbers as soon as they can be confirmed.

Algonquin College discovered the unauthorized and illegal access by hackers several weeks ago and the College acted immediately to reestablish the security of the server. The College is now in the process of a comprehensive forensic review to evaluate the scope of the breach and the kind of information that may have been compromised.

“Our first concern is for those affected,” said Algonquin College President Cheryl Jensen. “I want to let them know that we will be offering them support as we continue to investigate.”

Algonquin College has informed the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. The College will contact those individuals affected and will be establishing a web page (algonquincollege.com/cyber) to provide more details.

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Ruth Dunley
Communications Manager
Algonquin College
613-727-4723 ext. 6452


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