LCBO investigates cybersecurity incident crashing its website, mobile app

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario says its website and mobile app are unavailable due to a “cybersecurity incident.”

The LCBO posted a statement to its social media pages Tuesday night saying a “full investigation” was underway.

The provincial Crown corporation says its in-store service is unaffected.

Statement regarding LCBO website cybersecurity incident
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Déclaration au sujet d’un incident de cybersécurité sur le site LCBO pic.twitter.com/nTFNRFq7td

— LCBO (@LCBO) January 10, 2023

The latest incident comes as Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children recovers from a ransomware attack in December. The hospital says it has restored about 80 per cent of its priority systems as of last week.

A notorious ransomware group later apologized for that attack, claiming it was carried out by one of its partners.

Ontario’s Cybersecurity Expert Panel concluded in a September report that the broader public-services sector needed more work to achieve “cyber maturity.”

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