A significant data breach happened in the federal government after a device was stolen from Public Services and Procurement Canada.
PSPC is Infrastructure Canada’s service provider for pay, pension and benefits.
All 227 employees were affected are at Infrastructure Canada
No banking or social insurance information was affected.
Name, person record identifier (PRI), date of birth, home address and salary range may have been compromised.
Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/4446600/federal-civil-servants-privacy-breach/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/pspc-spac
"id": "pub110311022",
"linkid": "pspc-spac",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "09/2018",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Government',
'name': 'Infrastructure Canada',
'size': '227 employees',
'type': 'Government Agency'}],
'attack_vector': 'Device Theft',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '227',
'personally_identifiable_information': ['Name',
'Person Record '
'Identifier (PRI)',
'Date of Birth',
'Home Address'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Name',
'Person Record Identifier (PRI)',
'Date of Birth',
'Home Address',
'Salary Range']},
'description': 'A significant data breach happened in the federal government '
'after a device was stolen from Public Services and '
'Procurement Canada (PSPC). PSPC is Infrastructure Canada’s '
'service provider for pay, pension, and benefits. All 227 '
'employees were affected at Infrastructure Canada. No banking '
'or social insurance information was affected. Name, person '
'record identifier (PRI), date of birth, home address, and '
'salary range may have been compromised.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Name',
'Person Record Identifier (PRI)',
'Date of Birth',
'Home Address',
'Salary Range']},
'title': 'Data Breach at Infrastructure Canada',
'type': 'Data Breach'}