Bell suffered from a data breach incident that exposed1.9 million customer e-mail addresses, and 700 names and phone numbers were illegally accessed.
Financial, password or other sensitive personal information was not accessed.
Bell takes swift action to protect vulnerable systems.
The business has contacted the Office of the Privacy Commissioner and has been closely collaborating with the RCMP cybercrime unit in its investigation.
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/bell
"id": "bel122427922",
"linkid": "bell",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "05/2017",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': ['1.9 million customer e-mails',
'700 names and phone numbers'],
'industry': 'Telecommunications',
'name': 'Bell',
'type': 'Telecommunications Company'}],
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': ['1.9 million email addresses',
'700 names and phone numbers'],
'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
'Phone numbers'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'Non-sensitive (no financial, '
'password, or other sensitive personal '
'information)',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Email addresses',
'Names',
'Phone numbers']},
'description': 'Bell suffered from a data breach incident that exposed 1.9 '
'million customer e-mail addresses, and 700 names and phone '
'numbers were illegally accessed. Financial, password or other '
'sensitive personal information was not accessed. Bell takes '
'swift action to protect vulnerable systems.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['1.9 million customer e-mail addresses',
'700 names and phone numbers']},
'regulatory_compliance': {'regulatory_notifications': 'The business has '
'contacted the Office '
'of the Privacy '
'Commissioner.'},
'response': {'incident_response_plan_activated': 'Bell takes swift action to '
'protect vulnerable systems.',
'law_enforcement_notified': 'The business has contacted the '
'Office of the Privacy Commissioner '
'and has been closely collaborating '
'with the RCMP cybercrime unit in '
'its investigation.'},
'title': 'Bell Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}