The College of Nurses of Ontario ( CNO ) has been dealing with a " cybersecurity incident " that may have compromised the personal information of its almost 200,000 members , CBC News has learned . The name of the college and some of the information hackers say they have access to appears on a website associated with ransomware attacks . The information appears near a " secret data publication " countdown clock , which appears to give the college just over 12 days to respond to whatever demands the attackers have made . The hack was discovered Sept. 8 , but the college did not tell its members about it until this morning when it posted a statement on its website after being contacted by CBC News . The CNO has not responded to specific questions about the attack . ;