Counter-tech

Data stolen from 1,000 Canadian officials

scmagazine.com/
Danny Bradbury

The personal information of 1,000 Canadian government officials was stolen as part of a vast data heist last December, it has been revealed.

The data was stolen by hackers who infiltrated the computers of Texan intelligence company Strategic Forecasting, a Texas-based global intelligence company more widely known as Stratfor, also dubbed the “shadow CIA”. According to a memo issued by Public Safety Canada, personal information – such as emails, passwords, credit card data and home addresses – were on a client list maintained by Strategic Forecasting.

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