The information of 2.9 millions of Desjardins users was revealed by an employee of the organization, who leaked the data to people outside the organization.
This data leak was discovered when the Laval police went to the Desjardins headquarters to notify that one of their employees had stolen the information of 2.7 millions of people and 173 a thousand companies.
Since this leak was caused by one of the company's employees, who had access to it, it is not classified as a cyberattack.
The company's Chief Operating Officer commented that no increase in fraud had been detected after the leak. For its part, el CEO comentó que cualquier miembro de Desjardins que esté financieramente afectado está asegurado.
Last, tras despedir al empleado, comunicaron que se han aplicado nuevas medidas de seguridad en todas las cuentas y miembros afectados por el incidente y han sido informados por correo sobre estas medidas adicionales.