“EDSTA 2024: The New Cyber Rules Reshaping Ontario’s Children’s Aid Societies”
“ Ontario’s New CAS Cybersecurity Laws: What Changes in 2026 and Why It Matters” News reports and official notices confirm that Family and Children’s Services of Lanark, Leeds and Grenville (FCSLLG) has experienced at least three major cybersecurity incidents over the past decade. Enhancing Digital Security and Trust Act, 2024, S.O. 2024, c. 24, Sched. 1 1. The 2016 "Portal" Breach In April 2016, the agency reported that confidential information was "hacked" and posted to Facebook. Incident: A link to a confidential report containing the names of 285 clients was posted on the "Smiths Falls Swapshop" Facebook page. Controversy: While the agency initially claimed they were hacked, a later court ruling found that the documents were actually stored on a publicly accessible WordPress site without a password. Outcome: This led to a $75 million class-ac...