Production has been impacted at three BC paper mills after the IT systems at Paper Excellence Canada were found to be infiltrated with malware when employees discovered the company’s online communications and software systems had been compromised. The company, headquartered in Richmond, is one of Canada’s leading paper and pulp exporters. The breach has prevented employees from being able to communicate by email and the software system the company uses for filling paper orders at mills in Crofton, Port Alberni and Powell River is not currently operating. The company is running machines in manual mode until the problem can be resolved.
