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Nova Scotia minor hockey community
How they got in, as reported. Email made to look like it came from a trusted sender.
← All items this week- Date
- 14 Oct 2026
- Place
- Canada
- Who
- Nova Scotia minor hockey community
- The way in
- Email impersonation
- Source
- PNI Atlantic News
01 · What was reported
What was reported.
Scammers targeted minor hockey associations across Nova Scotia by posing as tournament organizers and collecting fraudulent registration fees. Organizations including the Chebucto Minor Hockey Association and Atlantic Hockey Group...
The way in, as the source states it: email made to look like it came from a trusted sender.
02 · What we check for it
What we check for it.
Whether anyone can send mail that passes as your domain.
03 · If this happens at your firm
If this happens at your firm.
- Treat an email from a colleague that asks for a payment or a password as unconfirmed until you have spoken to them.
- Tell your clients how your firm confirms bank details, so a forged email that asks otherwise stands out.
- Confirm any request to pay or to change bank details on a number you already hold, never one in the email.
04 · Source
Source.
Source: PNI Atlantic News ↗This page repeats what the source reported, with its date. It says nothing about any firm that is not named in it.