The country's privacy commissioner is opening a formal investigation into a 2016 Uber breach that…
Police probing Bell Canada data breach; up to 100,000 customers affected
Police are investigating a new data breach at Bell Canada, which says hackers have illegally obtained customer information, primarily subscriber names and e-mail addresses. BCE Inc.-owned Bell confirmed Tuesday that up to 100,000 customers were affected by the hack,...
Forever 21 data breach worse than originally thought, customer names have been stolen.
If you shopped at a Forever 21 store this year, there’s a chance your credit card information may have been stolen, CNET reports. The retail store confirmed this week that between April 3rd and November 18th of this year, a number of point of sale terminals at...
Nissan Canada notifies 1.1 million customers of data breach last week
Nissan Canada Finance notified 1.13 million customers on Thursday of a data breach impacting an unspecified number of past and present customers. The breach occurred on Dec. 11, 2017 when an unidentified third-party gained access to customer name, address, vehicle...
Why the privacy commissioner’s investigation into Uber is a positive step forward
When news broke that controversial car-hailing service, Uber, admitted to a breach of company security that amounted to stolen customer data, nobody was seriously surprised. Even when it came to light that Uber reportedly paid the hackers $100,000 to destroy the...