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Business Survivors Guide to the Pandemic

CaSh Wong April 9, 2020
As the world has been turned upside down by the current Pandemic, we thought we would do something a little different than just talking about ...
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CaSh Wong March 31, 2020
COVID-19 has had a significant impact on our daily lives and will continue to do so for some time to come. At Shing Digital, we ...
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88 percent of cybersecurity breaches are caused by human error.

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97 percent of organizations have seen an increase in cyber threats since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022.

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Using a single password, hackers infiltrated the Colonial Pipeline Company in 2021 with a ransomware attack that caused fuel shortages across the US.

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A 2021 LinkedIn data breach exposed the personal information of 700 million users or about 93 percent of all LinkedIn members.

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Over 560 million Ticketmaster customers had their information stolen in a 2024 breach.

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In 2023, security breaches saw a 72 percent increase from 2021, which held the previous all-time record.

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The average lifecycle of a breach is 292 days from identification to containment.

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The average time to identify a breach is 194 days.

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The average cost of a data breach was $4.88 million in 2024, the highest average on record.

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Average annual income for a Canadian Cyber Criminal top hacker is $10M per year.
Cyber Criminal Revenue in 2024 is estimated to have hit 9.2 Trillion USD worldwide.

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Criminal Gangs have started Cybersecurity Penetration Schools. Teaching penetration testing...then they convert them to the dark side.

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Crocodiles in Indonesia have learned to “wave” in water, simulating human child drowning. When a person goes to investigate, they become Croc Lunch.

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Grasshoppers, crickets, and locusts: Contain the highest protein content per unit of mass, around 61% on a dry basis

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Llama milk contains more protein than cow and goat milk. Sheep milk, however, has the highest protein.

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North America has a National UFO Reporting Center based out of WA, US.

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The very first Flat Earth International Conference was held in Edmonton, Alberta.

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Southern Alberta is tied with Southern Saskatchewan as the sunniest place in Canada, with over 2,375 hours of bright sunshine a year.

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The Guinness Book of World Records lists Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica as the windiest place on the planet. Katabatic winds are recorded at over 150 mph on a regular basis

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Lethbridge is the 2nd windiest City in Canada. The winner is Saint Johns, NFL. Calgary is the biggest large Wind City.

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90% of all Canadians live within 160 km of the US border.

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Canada is the home to 10% of the world’s forests.

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Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.

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Alberta has the highest concentration of US Citizens living in Canada.

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33% of Calgarians are foreign-born.

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Calgary has the 2nd highest concentration of head offices across Canada. The first one is Toronto.

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Calgary has the highest GDP of any other city in Canada. (stats as of 2022)

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The majority of Canadian hockey players shoot left. Whereas the majority of US hockey players shoot right.

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Canada’s most played sport? GOLF! Followed by Hockey.

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Canada has the most left-handed golfers in the world (due to hockey).

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We call our Canadian Geese a different name - Cobra Chickens!

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Gravitational time dilation is a scientific theory that Gravity is produced due to time difference based on height.

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The Edmonton Oilers have won the Stanley Cup 5 times, last one being 1990.

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Heinz scientists have figured out that the optimal flow of ketchup is roughly 0.045 km per hour.

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Canada has a National Maple Syrup Reserve.

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Canada has a National Butter Reserve.

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Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1990.

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A large part of northern Canada has lower gravity than the rest of the planet.

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There’s one bear for every two people in the Yukon.

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The first thanksgiving was celebrated in Newfoundland on May 27, 1578. The meal consisted of salted beef, biscuits, and peas.

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The coldest temperature ever recorded in North America was -63c in Snag, a small village in the Yukon.

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A Canadian robot named Dextre does repairs to the international space station.

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It’s legal to have a kangaroo as a pet in Alberta.

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Saskatchewan is the world’s largest exporter of mustard. The US eats most of it.

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At the end of WW2 Canada had the third largest navy in the world and 4th largest air force.

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Yonge Street is the longest street in the world and touches the Great Lakes and Cooks Bay.

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Mount Logan is the highest mountain in Canada.

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Sweden has the most islands in the world – over 220,000!

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The whopee cushion was invented in Canada.

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Little Lake Manitou, Saskatchewan is 5 times saltier than the ocean.

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The oldest known rock, discovered in Hudson Bay, is 4 billion years old.

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Canada has more doughnut shops per person than any other country.

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Alberta is the hail capital of the world.

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It would take 33 years to walk the coastline.

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Until 1995, it was illegal for margarine to be yellow.

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Quebec produces more than 70% of the world’s supply of maple syrup.

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Winnipeg consumes the most slurpees in the world.

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