“Gateway should have done it from the get-go,” said Unifor spokesperson Greg Weaver. “Personal information is confidential, and if it’s out there, who knows what could happen.”<\/p>\n
Gateway recently sent a letter to its Ontario workforce informing them that the ransomware attack likely resulted in the breach of personal information. The company explained that on April 16, the casinos’ information technology (IT) network was the victim of a cyberattack that rendered its systems inoperable.<\/p>\n
\nSince April, Gateway has been gradually restoring its IT systems with extensive assistance from external cybersecurity experts, and as the systems are restored, is investigating potential impacts on personal information,”<\/strong> the letter read. “While our investigation remains ongoing, Gateway understands that the incident likely resulted in the theft of personal information of certain current and prior employees.”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nThe Gateway notification went on to say that the cybertheft, in some cases, included the personal information of employees’ spouses, partners, and\/or dependents.<\/p>\n
Data is Money<\/b><\/h2>\n For cybercriminals, cybersecurity experts say data is king. Speaking with CTV Windsor<\/i>, cybersecurity expert Ritesh Kotak said confidential information has significant value on the dark web, where cybercriminals buy and sell such files to use in a myriad of illicit ways.<\/p>\n\nOnce a breach occurs, your information is essentially out there in cyberspace. Cyber criminals leverage your information. They try to sell your information because there is value to your data,”<\/strong> Kotak explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nKotak said examples of how such data is used include identity theft and someone taking out a loan under the victim’s name.<\/p>\n
Worse yet for Gateway Casinos employees worried about their personal information is that Kotak says once such information is disseminated to the dark web, “It is out there forever.”<\/strong><\/p>\n“There’s really nothing you can do about that,” Kotak concluded.<\/p>\n
Gateway’s free monitoring and identity theft services being offered to employees are for 12 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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