Canada's Giant Tiger leaks customer contact details in supplier breach
Customer contact information was obtained without authorisation from a third-party supplier handling customer communications for Canadian retailer Giant Tiger. Data reportedly comprising about 2.84 million customer records was later published on a hacking forum. The company confirmed the customer data breach and said payment information and passwords were not included.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Giant Tiger
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Publication of data reportedly comprising about 2.84 million customer records
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised acquisition of customer contact information at a supplier contracted for customer communications
- Location
- Canada
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Timeline
- The Giant Tiger customer data breach came to light.
- Data reportedly comprising about 2.84 million customer records was published on a hacking forum, and the company said payment information and passwords were not included.
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