Wealthcimple client data, including sin, accessed in safety violations
Welthusimple says that a security violation on Saturday leaked sensitive data of some of its customers, including financial details, signs and government IDs provided during the IP address, including social insurance number, account number.
However, the investment management forum says that no money was stolen and all the accounts remained safe.
The company said, “We worked quickly and the issue was contained in a few hours. Our security team immediately started a thorough investigation with the help of external experts,” the company said. statement,
WealthSimple states that the third-party software was compromised, allowing customer data to access. In an email to CBC News, a spokesperson did not say which company provided software.
Financial institutions have added more security measures over the years. While experts say that your information will always be at risk, there are steps that you can do for your safety.
The company said that more than one percent of its clients were “quite less” affected by about three million clients.
Welthusimple says that it has emailed the people affected by the breech, and the email that no one had received this morning was not affected.
The statement said, “We apologize to the customers whose data was accessed – and all our customers, because the danger to personal data can cause a lot of concern.”
The company says it has increased its safety to prevent similar dangers.
Wealthcimple is offering free credit and dark-week monitoring, plus insurance and identity theft protection to affected customers.
