Stolen Silence: Celebrity Audio Archives Leaked by Third Party Editor
The Challenge In early 2025, a well known media house preparing a premium podcast series discovered that unreleased interviews with high profile guests had appeared…
Information & Cultural Industries
Impersonation Approved: Executive Greenlights Fraudulent Licensing Deal
The Challenge In 2025, Beacon Media Group, a Canadian entertainment network, fell victim to a sophisticated social engineering scheme. An executive approved a fraudulent licensing…
Silence Behind the Camera: Compliance Lapse in Digital Content Review
The Challenge In 2025, Broadnorth Media Group received a confidential inquiry from the national privacy regulator after a whistleblower reported improper handling of user content…
Buried in Metadata: Streaming Service Fined for Privacy Violations
The Challenge In 2025, HearUs, one of Canada’s leading music streaming platforms, was fined by federal regulators after a privacy research group discovered that unencrypted…
The Ethics of Speed: Publisher Faces Editorial Revolt Over AI-Generated Content
The Challenge In February 2025, the editorial staff at Evergreen Chronicle, a national print and digital media company, staged a coordinated work stoppage after management…
Audit Flagged: Digital Broadcaster’s Role-Based Access Controls Break Down
The Challenge In early 2025, a national digital broadcaster underwent a scheduled audit of its information systems and access management practices. What began as a…
Print Paused: Ransomware Disrupts Weekly Magazine Operations
The Challenge In March 2025, Northern Review, a long running Canadian print and digital magazine, suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted both production and distribution….
Aggregated and Accused: Legal Action Targets Unlicensed AI News Platform
The Challenge In 2025, ArticleForge, a Canadian AI-driven news aggregation platform, became the subject of a landmark lawsuit filed by several media organizations. The platform…
Source Exposed: Streaming Giant’s Code Repository Discovered in Public Domain
The Challenge In April 2025, StreamCraft, one of Canada’s largest streaming platforms, faced a security scare when a researcher discovered a sensitive internal code repository…
Misused and Missed: Social Campaign Team Compromised by Credential Sharing
The Challenge In 2025, a major entertainment broadcaster experienced a security breach during the launch of a high-profile social media campaign. A member of the…
