Canada Revenue Agency accounts hacked after theft of 28,000 Social Insurance Numbers
28,000 Social Insurance Numbers were stolen in a data breach. Canada Revenue Agency accounts were subsequently hacked.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Canada Revenue Agency
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Theft of 28,000 Social Insurance Numbers and hacking of Canada Revenue Agency accounts
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- Canada
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Timeline
- It emerged that Canada Revenue Agency accounts had been hacked after 28,000 Social Insurance Numbers were stolen.
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