New Brunswick Liquor Corporation had to close all its stores for two days and only accept cash payments for a week.

The New Brunswick Liquor Corporation, the public entity responsible for the sale of alcoholic beverages in the Canadian province, disclosed on January 24, 2025, details about the cyberattack that impacted its stores. Discovered on January 7, 2025, the incident forced the closure of all Alcool NB Liquor retailers in New Brunswick for two days. Upon reopening, the stores only accepted cash payments for a week.

“This wasn’t an internal issue but rather an external individual attempting to access our system,” said Lori Stickles, CEO of Alcool NB Liquor. The organization decided to disconnect all its IT systems immediately after discovering the intrusion, resulting in the observed disruptions. “By shutting down the internet and everything else, we prevented the threat from spreading further into the system,” explained Lori Stickles.

The intrusion allowed attackers to access employee and supplier professional email addresses. Since these are public information, Lori Stickles stated that no data breach occurred. She also emphasized that the cybercriminals were unable to install any malware, which, according to her, “proves that the security barriers of the Crown corporation’s IT infrastructure worked as intended.”

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