Canadian Electric Utility Hit by Cyberattack

Canadian electric utility Nova Scotia Power and its parent company Emera are responding to a disruptive cyberattack.

The attack came to light on April 25, when Emera and Nova Scotia Power discovered unauthorized access to some parts of their Canadian network and servers used for business applications. Impacted servers were shut down and isolated in response to the hack.

IT systems, including the utility’s customer care phone line and online portal, were disrupted. The company has not shared any updates on the incident since April 28, when it said it had been working on restoring impacted systems.

Nova Scotia Power provides electrical power to roughly 550,000 customers. Emera, through its electric and natural gas utilities, serves 2.6 million customers in Canada, the US and the Caribbean.

However, the companies said the cyberattack did not cause any power outages.

“There remains no disruption to any of our Canadian ...