Ontario town of Midland takes legal action in bid to unlock encrypted local police servers

Ward 2 Councillor Bill Gordon was formerly in charge of IT at the Midland Police Services, and is now being sued by the town of Midland for not handing over the encryption key for the Midland Police Services servers.Ever since the Ontario Provincial Police took over patrolling duties in the small town of Midland, by the scenic shores of the Georgian Bay, the computer servers of the defunct local police service have sat idle in a municipal building monitored by security guards.

The town is portraying former police chief Mike Osborne and Councillor Bill Gordon, who also was the Midland police’s IT manager, as rogue ex-employees who have taken public records hostage. Midland’s court application against Mr. Osborne and Mr. Gordon, which was filed earlier this fall, is the latest move in a three-way legal battle that also involves a law firm claiming unpaid legal fees from the town.

Mr. Gordon’s court filings allege that the town’s bid to access the computers is motivated by its desire to get its hands on Mr. Osborne’s e-mails. “The town has done nothing to mitigate. In fact, it has charged ahead with litigation,” he said in court papers. He further noted that the town has a poor record for computer security, having to pay a ransom after a hacker shut down Midland’s computer systems for weeks last year.

Mr. Osborne was unhappy about the move. In a claim filed against the town, the former police chief alleges that supporters of the OPP takeover ran a smear campaign against him. In a statement e-mailed to The Globe, Mr. Dixon said he was acquainted but not socially close to the officer’s uncle, who is well known in the community. He said he met the officer to discuss other matters, because the man was also a union representative.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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