Giant Tiger data breach: 2.8M accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2024-04-12
In March 2024, Canadian discount store Giant Tiger suffered a data breach that exposed 2.8M customer records. Attributed to a vendor of the retailer, the breach included physical and email addresses, names and phone numbers. Exposed data: email addresses, names, phone numbers, physical addresses. The breach dates from Mar 4, 2024; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Apr 12, 2024.
What to do
- If you had a Giant Tiger 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.
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