Roadmap will guide City recovery, restoration, and rebuilding phases.

This post, from March 20, has information on the City’s roadmap to recovery due to the ongoing cybersecurity incident.

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As the ongoing cybersecurity incident continues, the City released an update on its phased roadmap towards recovery.

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Reinstatement of Council and Committee meetings

This post, from March 11, has information on Council and it’s committees reinstatement over the coming weeks.

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As the City continues to manage the impact of the cybersecurity incident, Council and its committees will resume their vital work in a staged rollout over the coming weeks.

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City confirms ransomware attack

This post, from March 5, has details on the ongoing cyber incident affecting the city.

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The City confirmed in a recent media session that the ongoing cyber incident is a ransomware attack.

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City addressing cybersecurity incident

This post, from February 27th, has details on an ongoing cybersecurity incident affecting some City services.

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The City became aware of a cybersecurity incident affecting its systems on Sunday, February 25.

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Dundurn Stairs closure update

This post, from February 10, contains an update on the temporary closure of the Dundurn Stairs in June of 2023.

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An incident involving a vehicle accident along the escarpment access of Garth Street and Beckett Drive, adjacent to the Dundurn Stairs, created concern as the stairs were damaged during the event. Although the stairs were re-opened soon afterwards, emergency measures were taken to ensure its engineering and structure were not compromised. This post contains an update on the processes which took place.

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Paramedics improving processes after wrong information shared

This post, from February 6, has details on a recent privacy breach.

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While no information was released to the public, patient medical records were sent to the wrong hospital recently. The information was seen only by hospital record staff, Hamilton said, and was quickly destroyed.

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City contacts privacy commissioner following information breach

This post, from January 23rd, has details on a recent privacy breach at City Hall.

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Following an online privacy breach, the City has advised the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario and alerted residents whose information was made public.

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Update on City of Hamilton’s Fraud and Waste Hotline

This post, from November 17, has details on the latest report from the City’s Fraud and Waste Hotline.

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The City of Hamilton’s Fraud and Waste Hotline released their most recent report on their work, which saw double the volume of calls which helped verify over $132,000 in fraud and waste.

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City Auditor launches election survey

This post, from March 27, has information on the newly launched Municipal Election Administration Survey.

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The Office of the City Auditor is launching a Municipal Election Administration Survey to help identify any areas for improvement of the Municipal Election.

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City Auditor releases third Fraud and Waste Annual Report

This post, from February 17, has information on the City Auditor’s third annual Fraud and Waste report.

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The City of Hamilton is continuing to take fraud and money waste seriously as the City Auditor released the second Fraud and Waste Annual Report.

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Councillor John-Paul Danko