Privacy News Two Major Canadian Banks Hit By Cyberattack, 90,000 Customer Accounts Affected

LASER_oneXM

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Cyber thieves may have stolen personal data of 90,000 people from two of the largest banks in Canada, including Bank of Montreal and Imperial Bank of Commerce. The banks are in the process of verifying the theft after the supposed culprits notified the financial institutions over the weekend that they were in possession of personal and financial records for a portion of their customers.



Bank of Montreal is the fourth largest bank in Canada. The institution said it was contacted on Sunday by the cyber thieves, who claim to have stolen customer data relating to some of its 8 million customers across Canada. At present, Bank of Montreal believes that less than 50,000 of its customers are affected by the security breach. It's not yet known if those affected lost any money from this ordeal as well.



The attackers also alerted Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on Sunday, Canada's fifth largest bank, claiming they had stolen personal and account information of 40,000 customers through the institution's Simplii direct banking subsidiary. CIBC has not confirmed that the cyber attack actually took place, but is currently looking into the matter. Customers at the bank's main division do not seem to be affected.
 

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If the bad guys got their hands onto your social security number then you are a victim of identity theft for the rest of your life, especially in this case. You can't change your social security number at all because it is only issued one time per person as far as I know.
 

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