Second Ontario municipality reports cybersecurity incident within three weeks [Video]

A town in Ontario’s Muskoka region has become the latest municipality to be hit by a cyberattack.

The Town of Huntsville said its municipal office would remain closed for a second day Tuesday and some municipal meetings were being rescheduled as specialists investigate a “cybersecurity issue” that came to light over the weekend.

The town said it currently has no evidence that any sensitive data, including personal information, has been compromised.

“Upon discovering this incident, we initiated our incident response protocol and we took immediate steps to secure our network against further unauthorized activity,” it wrote.

“The investigation, led by the cybersecurity specialists the town has engaged, is currently ongoing.”

The town said the precautionary measures taken have affected some of the municipality’s online services and systems.

Some municipal and council email addresses have been affected but customer service representatives are available by phone. Huntsville’s library was shut down on …