"Canadian Military, Police Impacted by Data Breach at Moving Companies"

The Canadian government recently announced that information pertaining to its employees, military, and police personnel was exposed in a data breach at third-party service providers.  The incident involved Brookfield Global Relocation Services (BGRS) and Sirva Canada, two moving and relocation services firms contracted by the Canadian government to provide relocation support to employees.  The government learned of the data breach on October 19.  According to the Canadian government, the data breach impacts the personal information of present and former public service employees, as well as members of the Canadian Armed Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police.  The government says that preliminary information indicates that breached information could belong to anyone who has used relocation services as early as 1999 and may include any personal and financial information that employees provided to the companies.  No specific number of affected individuals has been provided yet, and the government says it has yet to identify who was impacted.

SecurityWeek reports: "Canadian Military, Police Impacted by Data Breach at Moving Companies"