- Nova Scotia Power confirmed to like a cyberattack in March 2025
- The attackers stole sensitive customer data, including names, SSNs and – in some cases – bank details
- Customers are offered free monitoring of identity theft
Nova Scotia Power, a larger electric provider in the Canadian province, suffered a cyberattack where it lost sensitive customer information. The company confirmed the news in a message published on its website.
The original message published in late April 2025 said the attack did not disrupt the company’s physical operations or its ability to serve its customers, but added that the team was working on bringing back parts of its IT system.
A subsequent update stated that the attack took place on March 19, 2025, and that Miscreans stole people’s names, phone numbers, e -mail addresses, mailing and service addresses, Nova Scotia Power Program- Participation Information, Dates of Birth and Customer Account History (such as power consumption, service requests, customer payment, invoicing and credit history) Driver’s license numbers and social insurance numbers.
No evidence of abuse
“For some of our customers, bank account numbers (for pre -authorized payment) may also have been affected if this information was provided by these customers.”
While all the stolen data are valuable to criminals and can be used in a wide range of ways, from identity theft to phishing, this last part – the loss of bank account numbers – is especially worrying as it also allows crook to mount wire fraud.
Nova Scotia Power emphasized that there is no evidence that the data was abused in nature and added that they offer affected people a two-year subscription to a “comprehensive credit monitoring service” at no cost.
People affected by the violation are currently being notified, the company added without revealing exactly how many people it is. At the time of the press, no threat actors assumed responsibility for the attack.
Users are advised to remain vigilant and especially careful when receiving unsolicited E -Mail messages or phone calls from people who claim to be from Nova Scotia Power.
Via Bleeping computer
