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Potential scope of Desjardins data breach widens to include another 2 million credit card holders
From: Destry Winant <destry () riskbasedsecurity com>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 09:12:10 -0600
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/potential-scope-of-desjardins-data-breach-widens-to-include-another-2-million-credit-card-holders-1.5391021 Desjardins Group says the former employee suspected of orchestrating a massive data breach also had access to the personal information of a further 1.8-million credit card holders. These credit card holders are not members of Desjardins, Canada's biggest federation of credit unions. They are in addition to the 4.2 million members already known to be affected by the data breach. The data breach was first made public in June. At the time, authorities alleged the suspect — an employee who has since been fired — had transferred the personal information of members to a third party. On a conference call Tuesday, Desjardins's executives said they don't believe the personal information of the credit card holders was transferred to a third party. They were informing the public as "preventive" measure, they said. Desjardins's executives also said the suspect only had access to limited amounts of data. "No credit card was compromised, nor was any payment system like Interac or debit card. Passwords, security questions and personal identification numbers also weren't affected," said Réal Bellemare, Desjardins's newly appointed chief financial officer. Desjardins also announced Tuesday that it is extending its credit-monitoring insurance to anyone who does business with the institution. 4.2 million Desjardins members affected by data breach, credit union now says The insurance was initially available to those members who were affected by the breach. It will now be available to both members and clients, current and past — an estimated 8 million people across Canada. Earlier this month, two senior executives at Desjardins left the organization following an internal audit into the data breach. "The events of recent months brought me to the conclusion that we had to change the makeup of senior management," president and CEO Guy Cormier said after replacing his CFO, Denis Berthiaume, and the vice-president of information technology, Chadi Habib. _______________________________________________ BreachExchange mailing list sponsored by Risk Based Security BreachExchange () lists riskbasedsecurity com If you wish to Edit your membership or Unsubscribe you can do so at the following link: https://lists.riskbasedsecurity.com/listinfo/breachexchange
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