Global Affairs Canada VPN breach
| Disclosed |
January 30, 2024
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|---|---|
| Sector |
Government
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| Province or territory |
Across Canada
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| People affected | Not disclosed |
| Data exposed |
Unauthorized access, between December 2023 and January 2024, through the department's remote-access VPN: staff e-mail, calendars and contacts, and files on internal drives, one of which held personal information of employees. The Privacy Commissioner of Canada opened an investigation. The department did not say how many people were affected.
|
| Cause |
Not disclosed
|
| Status |
Confirmed
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| Sources |
