A data breach hits Canada Post, where one of its suppliers has compromised information about nearly a million customers over three years.
- Data breach hits 44 Canada Post shippers and about 950,000 recipients.
- The accessed data consists of names and addresses, including email addresses or phone numbers.
A data breach hits Canada Post, where one of its suppliers has compromised information about nearly a million customers over three years.
Canada Post disclosed that a third-party supplier named Commport Communications suffered a ransomware attack where threat actors accessed data stored in their systems.
This accessed data contains manifest shipping data for large parcel business customers, including sender and receiver contact data, names, and mailing addresses.
The breach impacted 44 Canada Post commercial customers and 950,000 recipients.
The firm uses Commport to manage the manifest shipping data of its large parcel customers.
The Crown corporation reported that it has already “implemented proactive measures and will continue to take all necessary steps to mitigate the impacts.”
The statement says that the firm ”will also incorporate any learnings into our efforts, including the involvement of suppliers, to enhance our cybersecurity approach, which is becoming an increasingly sophisticated issue.”
According to the company, there is no evidence that the hackers would have accessed any financial data.
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