Two of Canada’s biggest banks warned Monday that “fraudsters” may have accessed certain personal and financial information of up to 90,000 customers. “We became aware of unverified claims that customer personal and financial data may have been accessed by a fraudster and a threat was made to make it public. The disclosure followed a warning from CIBC’s direct banking brand Simplii Financial that also said “fraudsters” may have electronically accessed certain personal and account information for approximately 40,000 Simplii Financial clients. “We are investigating to determine the validity of the claims and the type of the information that may have been accessed,” CIBC spokesperson Tom Wallis said in an emailed statement. Last fall, credit reporting service Equifax notified the public that hackers accessed or stole the personal data of 145.5 million U.S. customers and 19,000 Canadians.

Source: thestar May 28, 2018 14:39 UTC