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Be on alert: After that big global tech outage, scammers might try to target you

David Shipley, CEO of Beauceron Security, a New Brunswick-based cybersecurity software firm, says Canadians frustrated by the CrowdStrike outage should ‘get mad’ and make sure federal party leaders know about their frustration to mitigate future incidences.

If you were impacted by the global tech outage last week, your computer may be back to running normally, but you should still be on the lookout: phishing schemes trying to reel in businesses and individuals are now coming to light.

Security specialists are warning people to be aware of malicious actors purporting to be tech specialists offering help to recover from the outage, which was caused by a faulty software update from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.

Some of the scammers may even be posing as employees …