The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that Telus was hit by a cybersecurity incident at its Telus Ditital unit involving unauthorized access by a criminal hacking and extortion group called ShinyHunters. The Globe's Irene Galea and Alexandra Posadzki quote Telus saying that a "limited number of systems" belonging to the affiliate were accessed. The Vancouver telco said it has taken steps to address the activity and secure its systems against further intrusion. Telus Digital is the company's business-outsourcing and technology arm. It provides a range of digital services, including cloud. A company spokesman said that all systems within Telus Digital remain fully operational, and that there was no evidence of disruption to customer services. The breach was first reported by technology news website BleepingComputer on Thursday. According to BleepingComputer, ShinyHunters said it has stolen nearly one petabyte of data from Telus Digital, including a wide range of customer data, in a multimonth breach, and that it was demanding a ransom in exchange for not leaking the data. Experts caution against paying ransoms to the group, saying that its members have been known to re-extort victims who have already paid.