{"id":4018,"date":"2025-01-16T18:28:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T23:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cirics.uqo.ca\/cyber-attacks-rain-down-on-hydro-quebec\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T10:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T15:03:11","slug":"cyber-attacks-rain-down-on-hydro-quebec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cirics.uqo.ca\/en\/cyber-attacks-rain-down-on-hydro-quebec\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber attacks rain down on Hydro-Qu\u00e9bec"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4018\" class=\"elementor elementor-4018 elementor-3893\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-527ae74 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"527ae74\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35e1d86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35e1d86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"chapo\">\n<p>Since 2021, Hydro-Qu\u00e9bec has seen a dramatic increase in cybersecurity incidents, from 76 incidents in 2021 to 1224 in 2024. This alarming rise reflects a global trend towards increased cyberthreats, forcing the company to strengthen its security measures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Types of attack<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cyber attacks can take many forms, including :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Phishing e-mails<\/strong>: Attempts to trick employees into providing sensitive information.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Denial of service attacks (DDoS)<\/strong>: Aims to overload websites and make them unavailable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hydro-Qu\u00e9bec&#8217;s response<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To meet this growing threat, Hydro-Qu\u00e9bec has considerably increased its cybersecurity resources and staff. The company has implemented state-of-the-art measures to protect its systems and data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major incidents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most significant incidents include :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Espionage in 2022<\/strong>: A former employee has been accused of spying for China.<\/li>\n<li><strong>DDoS attack in 2023<\/strong>: aimed at disrupting the company&#8217;s online services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cybersecurity has become a top priority for Hydro-Qu\u00e9bec, which continues to repel attacks on a daily basis to protect its critical infrastructures and customers..<span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldemontreal.com\/2025\/01\/16\/les-cas-de-cyberattaques-visant-hydro-quebec-explosent\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bf59bd elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8bf59bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldemontreal.com\/2025\/01\/16\/les-cas-de-cyberattaques-visant-hydro-quebec-explosent\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2021, Hydro-Qu\u00e9bec has seen a dramatic increase in cybersecurity incidents, from 76 incidents in 2021 to 1224 in 2024. This alarming rise reflects a global trend towards increased cyberthreats, forcing the company to strengthen its security measures. Types of attack Cyber attacks can take many forms, including : Phishing e-mails: Attempts to trick employees [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classifiee","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cirics.uqo.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cirics.uqo.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cirics.uqo.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cirics.uqo.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cirics.uqo.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cirics.uqo.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4020,"href":"https:\/\/cirics.uqo.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4018\/revisions\/4020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cirics.uqo.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cirics.uqo.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cirics.uqo.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}