The B.C. government is trying to notify about 15,000 people whose
personal information has been illegally accessed because of a data
breach on a Ministry of Forests’ website and associated databases.
The
ministry said names, contact information, birth dates, drivers’ licence
numbers and job evaluation information of firefighters who applied to
work on wildfire crews may have been compromised.
A ministry news
release said data about applicants’ aboriginal, minority or disabled
status may have also been viewed when the information was accessed by an
unauthorized user on Sept. 24.
The ministry said public website
access was shut down as soon as the breach was discovered and the Office
of the Information and Privacy Commissioner was notified.
The government said it is offering free credit protection services to people who have been affected.
However,
it said some of the database records are up to 10 years old and
contacting everyone involved in a timely manner may be difficult.
Type: PII
Area: Government
First Noted: 15 Oct 2014
Location: B.C Canada
Total Records: 15000+
Status: Not Monitoring for Follow Up (Not a client of SLC Security Services LLC)
The purpose of this page is to provide awareness to individuals and organizations that are leaking information and the information of their customers. The entities listed on this site are verified to be leaking personal information sometimes without the company even being aware. SLC Security is now owned and operated by Jigsaw Security Enterprise. We are currently in process and as such this blog will eventually be taken offline and merged with Jigsaw Security resources.
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