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Canadian copper producer suffers major ransomware attack

Posted On: Jan. 3, 2023 9:35 AM CST

Cyber risk

A major ransomware attack has hit Canada-based Copper Mountain Mining Corp., forcing the firm to put its treatment plant on preventative shutdown, Small Caps reported. Metal producers might be a new target for ransomware criminals as the recent event follows a cyber attack on another mining firm in October 2022.