Toronto Zoo shares update on last year's ransomware attack

The Toronto Zoo, the largest zoo in Canada, has provided more information about the data stolen during a ransomware attack in January 2024. In a final notification regarding the cyberattack, the Toronto Zoo said the resulting data breach impacts varying combinations of personal and financial information belonging to employees, former employees, volunteers, and donors. The exposed information includes transaction data such as impacted individuals' names, street address information, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses. It also contains the last four digits of credit card numbers and associated expiration dates for guests and members who made credit card transactions between January 2022 and April 2023. "The data includes information about all guests and members who engaged the following types of transactions between 2000 to April 2023: general admission and membership purchases," it said. The zoo disclosed the incident on January 8, saying the attack did not impact the animals' well- ... Read full article.