Experts say that it's likely some of the Canadian institutions being targeted by cyberattacks are being victimized by pro-Russian hackers.
People walk outside the Cornwall Community Hospital last August. The hospital recently experienced a "cyber incident," according to a post on its website.
The Cornwall Community Hospital was also victim to a "cyber incident" on Tuesday that may cause "some delays to scheduled or non-urgent care," it said in a statement posted on its website.Assistant professor Jason Jaskolka says hackers target any institutions that provide societal value.While it's important for people to be alert for cyberattacks, usually these kinds of incidents pose little real risk, Callow said.
DDoS attacks are malicious attempts to flood a web server with more traffic than it can handle, which makes the connected websites or services unable to function.It's a "very low level nuisance operation," Callow said, and not necessarily indicative of sophisticated hacker activity.The most useful tool in the battle against cyberattacks is awareness, Jaskolka said.
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