Fair Vote Canada data breach: 134K accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2024-10-21
In March 2024, the Canadian national citizens' campaign for proportional representation Fair Vote Canada suffered a data breach. The incident was attributed to "a well-meaning volunteer" who inadvertently exposed data from 2020 which included 134k unique email addresses, names, physical addresses, phone numbers and, for some individuals, date and amount of a donation. Exposed data: email addresses, names, phone numbers, physical addresses, political donations. The breach dates from Mar 2, 2024; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Oct 21, 2024.
What to do
- If you had a Fair Vote Canada account, change its password and the password of any other account that reused it.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication wherever it is offered.
- Check whether your addresses are in this breach at https://haveibeenpwned.com.
- Expect targeted phishing that quotes the leaked details; verify any unexpected contact out of band.
Sources
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