According to the Canadian government, sensitive data belonging to an unspecified number of government employees was exposed due to hacking into two of its contractors.
The breaches that took place last month affected SIRVA Worldwide Relocation & Moving Services and Brookfield Global Relocation Services (BGRS), two companies that offer relocation services to Canadian government employees.
Information belonging to a wide range of impacted individuals, including members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), members of the Canadian Armed Forces, and employees of the Government of Canada, is kept on compromised BGRS and SIRVA Canada systems read more Canadian government discloses data breach after contractor hacks.
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