CA Telvent Canada Ltd Jun 2012 Hacking (Q15647)

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A data breach risk event
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CA Telvent Canada Ltd Jun 2012 Hacking
A data breach risk event

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    Canadian officials confirmed Friday they are aware hackers have breached security at a Calgary-based software manufacturer - one whose products are often used by large energy companies. According to security news site krebsonsecurity.com, Telvent Canada Ltd. sent letters to their customers last week after it learned of a breach of its internal firewall and security systems on Sept. 10. In order to be able to continue to provide remote support services to our customers in a secure manner, we have established new procedures to be followed until such time as we are sure that there are not further intrusions into the Telvent network and that all virus or malware files have been eliminated, the company said in the letter. Although we do not have any reason to believe that the intruder(s) acqui (English)