Manitoba Finance suffered a data breach because they sent a handful of tax documents to the wrong businesses.
The documents displayed the business name, address, account number, and total payroll for the company.
Manitoba Finance immediately took action to prevent such kind of incident and notified all businesses that were affected.
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tax-returns-sent-to-wrong-address-1.3800650
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/manitoba-financial-services-agency
"id": "man14306622",
"linkid": "manitoba-financial-services-agency",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2016",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Finance',
'location': 'Manitoba',
'name': 'Manitoba Finance',
'type': 'Government Agency'}],
'attack_vector': 'Misdelivery of Tax Documents',
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['business name',
'address',
'account number',
'total payroll']},
'description': 'Manitoba Finance suffered a data breach because they sent a '
'handful of tax documents to the wrong businesses.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['business name',
'address',
'account number',
'total payroll']},
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Manitoba Finance immediately took '
'action to prevent such kind of '
'incident and notified all businesses '
'that were affected.'},
'title': 'Manitoba Finance Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}