Data Breach

Canada data breach: 360,000 teachers in Quebec potentially impacted

In an announcement on Friday (February 21^st), the government said that fraudulent credentials had been used to obtain the identities of individuals who are working, or have worked, as teachers.Quebec government reports that an estimated 400 teachers have already claimed to have had their identity stolen as a result of the incident.

Once the attackers were able to access a database where the information of teaching professionals was stored, they use the information to steal the identity and try to commit fraud or theft. B4Trust provides tools to verify the identity of everyone trying to access the network. With our Multi-Factor Authentification (MFA), fraudulent credentials are detected instantly.

- February 2021