Manitoba’s auditor general says a rural municipality failed to properly investigate a cyber attack that resulted in the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Tyson Shtykalo investigated the cybersecurity breach that led to the Municipality of Westlake-Gladstone, west of Winnipeg, losing more than $472,000 over the course of a few weeks in 2019 and 2020.
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Source: Global News
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