Desjardins data breach News

Canada’s Desjardins Group Reaches Settlement Over Massive Data Breach in 2019

Canada’s Desjardins Group said on Thursday it had reached a settlement with plaintiffs in a lawsuit tied to a massive data breach in 2019, which impacted the personal information of more than 4 million of the financial services firm’s users. …

All Members of Canada’s Desjardins Hit by Data Breach: Finance Minister

A June data breach that hit Canada’s Desjardins Group has affected all of the financial cooperative’s 4.2 million members, prompting government reforms to protect personal information in the Canadian province of Quebec, an official said on Friday. Quebec Finance Minister …

Canada’s Desjardins Reports Costs of $53M Related to Data Breach

Canadian lender Desjardins Group said on Monday it spent C$70 million ($53 million) in the second quarter related to a data privacy breach earlier this year that exposed personal information of 2.9 million members. The company offered the affected accounts …

Canada’s Desjardins Blames Employee for Leak of Personal Details of 2.9M Customers

Desjardins Group, the largest financial co-operative in North America, said an “ill-intentioned” employee illegally exposed the personal information of some 2.9 million credit union members in one of Canada’s largest data leaks. Laval police alerted the Quebec-based institution on June …