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Nova Scotia Power used estimated billing for up to 80% of its bills since their cybersecurity event.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-power-bill-estimates-9.7027923
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Nova Scotia Power ont utilisé des estimations de factures allant jusqu’à 80% de leurs factures depuis leur évènement de cybersécurité.

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#NovaScotia #NouvelleÉcosse #NSPower

Nova Scotia Power explains estimated billing as customers charged hundreds more than usual | CBC News

On Tuesday, Nova Scotia Power submitted a report to the province's energy board responding to questions the board raised about how the utility was estimating bills in the fallout of a cyberattack last March.

CBC

❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️Dec 20

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Looks like Nova Scotia will need help to restore power damaged from the windstorm.
As of this timestamp nearly 106,000 outages reported.

#NSPower #NovaScotia #Canada

Rasta Dec 20

Just a few spots.

Somehow, we were spared?
#NovaScotia #Power #NSPower
#WindStorm

Edwin G.

Dec 15

Someone in Nova Scotia billed $500 hydro bill for a service that’s been cut for over a year

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/power-customer-bill-cottage-9.7014113
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Quelqu'un en Nouvelle-Écosse a été facturée de 500$ en électricité pour un service qui a été coupé il y a plus d'un an

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#NovaScotia #NouvelleÉcosse #NSpower

Nova Scotia Power billed customer $500 for a cottage that’s had power shut off for a year | CBC News

Eric Orde, 89, says the power bill for the cottage he’s owned outside of Annapolis Royal for 35 years is usually around $50 — not $500 — when it's not being used.

CBC

@ NovaNaturalist🇨🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱🇵🇦🇲🇽🇱🇸🇳🇫🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 #FBPE Oct 29

Thankfully for Jamaica, their power supply is massively more resilient than Nova Scotia's. By my calculations, Jamaica's power supply is 20 times more resilient than Nova Scotia's..

18% of Jamaica's population is without power after Hurricane Melissa's gusts of up to 300km/h swept through the island.

In 2022, Hurricane Fiona left 80% of Nova Scotians without power. The strongest gust was merely 180km/h (which is 1/5 the power of Hurricane Melissa).

#hurricanemelissa #hurricanefiona #nspower #nspoli

@ NovaNaturalist🇨🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱🇵🇦🇲🇽🇱🇸🇳🇫🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 #FBPE Aug 18, 2025

20mm of rain here in Halifax is such an extreme weather event that nearly 10,000 homes are currently without power.

Or perhaps its what happens when utilities are run by US companies.

It would seem that Nova Scotia Power hackers stole around 140,000 social insurance numbers.

Opinion: *Desjardins whiplash intensifies*

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/05/29/thieves-gain-access-to-about-140000-social-insurance-numbers-in-ns-power-database/
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Il semblerait que les pirates de Nova Scotia Power aient volé environ 140 000 numéros d'assurance sociale.

Opinion : *Les mauvais souvenirs de Desjardins s'intensifient*

// Article en anglais //

#NovaScotia #NouvelleÉcosse #NSPower

Thieves gain access to about 140,000 social insurance numbers in NS Power database

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Power’s CEO says up to 140,000 social insurance numbers could have been stolen by cyber-thieves who recently hacked into the utility’s customer records. Peter Gregg said in an interview today that the privately owned utility collected the numbers from customers to authenticate their identities. He says social insurance numbers were in […]

CityNews Toronto

Stella C 🇨🇦May 25, 2025

Hoping I do not receive a letter from #nspower stating my personal info has been hacked. 50-50 chance it seems.

Edwin G.

May 15, 2025

Nova Scotia Power has suffered a data breach around 19 March 2025. The stolen data includes personally identifiable information like name, adresses, social insurance number, etc.

https://nspower.ca/
via: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nova-scotia-power-confirms-hackers-stole-customer-data-in-cyberattack/
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Nova Scotia Power a subi une brèche de données autour du 19 mars 2025. Les données dérobées incluent de l’information personnelle comme nom, adresses, numéro d’assurance sociale, etc.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2165141/donnees-personnelles-nova-scotia-power

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Global News Halifax May 15, 2025

Theft of NS Power customer data is likely ransomware attack: security experts
Security experts say the theft of customer data from Nova Scotia's electric utility has the hallmarks of an extortion attempt by cybercriminals.
#cybercrime #security #theft #NovaScotia #Canada #NSPower
https://globalnews.ca/news/11177705/ns-power-customer-data-ransomware/

Theft of NS Power customer data is likely ransomware attack: security experts

Security experts say the theft of customer data from Nova Scotia's electric utility has the hallmarks of an extortion attempt by cybercriminals.

Global News