Nissan Canada Finance notified 1.13 million customers on Thursday of a data breach impacting an…
Latest wire fraud scam targets Human Resource departments
Saskatoon (August 14, 2019) – The Saskatoon Police are warning the public of a new wire fraud scam that targets the direct deposit information of employees. The scam involves the fraudsters reaching out directly to the Human Resources department of the target employee...
Data breach class-action lawsuit launched against Capital One
Vancouver (August 07, 2019) – The Vancouver law firm Charney Lawyers launched a class-action lawsuit against Capital One as a consequence of the massive data breach earlier this year according to CTV News. Since March 2019, a hacker was in possession of the personal...
Calgary bitcoin YouTuber scams cryptocurrency scammer back for a good cause
Calgary (August 07, 2019) – Calgary YouTuber Ben Perrin exposed an attempted bitcoin fraudster on Instagram. The scammer reached out to him with a too good to be true Bitcoin investment offer on Monday. He convinced the fraudster to send him US$50, which he donated to...
Man wanted for Kijiji online fraud
Ottawa (August 06, 2019) – The Ottawa Police Service Organized Fraud Unit is looking for information on a man who is charged with 33 counts of fraud. A warrant has been issued for Patrick Vaudrin of Ottawa. The 40-year-old man is described as a Caucasian male, 5’10...
6 million Canadians impacted by Capital One data breach
Image credit: Capital One Bank, Bastrop, LA IMG 2804″ by Billy Hathorn is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en) McLean, USA (July 30, 2019) – Capital One declared that a hacker obtained the personal information of 6...