A B.C. judge has certified a class action lawsuit potentially involving nearly 39,000 people after their personal and financial information was accessed in a ransomware attack on the province’s largest transportation authority.
The data security breach dates back to Dec. 1, 2020, when information technology staff at the South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority—better known as TransLink—discovered hackers had breached their IT network.
Over the coming days, TransLink attempted to respond and contain the threat—isolating and shutting down systems, calling police and launching an investigation, according to a B.C. Supreme Court decision handed down this week.
“Despite TransLink’s cybersecurity program, cybercriminals were able to gain unauthorized access into TransLink’s network
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