British Columbia is looking into hacks that target official networks.

Multiple "cybersecurity incidents" that have affected the Canadian province's government networks are being looked into by the British Columbian government.

In a statement released on Wednesday, Premier David Eby stated that there is no proof the attackers were able to access or take important data from the affected networks.

Nevertheless, an investigation is still underway to determine the extent of the occurrences and determine whether any data may have been accessed.

"Recently, the Government of B.C. has identified sophisticated cybersecurity incidents involving government networks," Eby said.

"The government is working closely with the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre) and other agencies to determine the extent of the incidents and implement additional measures to safeguard data and information systems."

The government of British Columbia has yet to publish the number of cybersecurity incidents that have affected its networks and when they were noticed.

BleepingComputer contacted the Premier's Office's Deputy Communications Director for more information on the issue, but no comment was immediately available.

"I know the public will have many questions about these incidents, and we will be as transparent as we can without compromising the investigation," Eby stated.

"As this complex work proceeds, government will provide British Columbians with updates and information as we are able."

In November, the Canadian government announced a data breach that exposed personal information belonging to an undisclosed number of employees following the hacking of two suppliers of relocation services to Canadian government employees (BGRS and SIRVA) in October.

While the Canadian government could not identify the perpetrators, the LockBit ransomware group claimed responsibility for accessing SIRVA's computers on October 17 and leaking what they said were archives containing 1.5TB of stolen data.

More recently, in February, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Canada's national police force, revealed that a cyberattack had attacked its networks and advised staff to remain watchful.

Canada's anti-money laundering agency was likewise forced to take its corporate systems offline in early March to deal with what it termed as a "cyber incident," claiming that no intelligence or classified systems were accessed.

Source: Bleeping Computer