{"id":16784,"date":"2019-09-12T18:47:42","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T22:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insurance-journal.ca\/article\/ia-falls-victim-to-cyber-breach\/"},"modified":"2019-09-12T18:47:42","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T22:47:42","slug":"ia-falls-victim-to-cyber-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2019\/09\/12\/ia-falls-victim-to-cyber-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"iA falls victim to cyber breach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It\u2019s now iA Financial Group<\/strong>‘s turn to be hit by a cyber breach. Three representatives from the insurer’s Quebec distribution network were victims of a phishing scheme. Unlike the incident at Desjardins Group<\/strong><\/a>, the intrusions came from outside the organization. In all, 2,864 of the insurer\u2019s clients were affected.<\/p>\n

The client information that may have been accessed includes: names, products purchased from iA and for some customers, date of birth, or bank details as well. In 129 cases, social insurance numbers were among the mix.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this time, there is no indication that our clients\u2019 information was used for malicious purposes or sold to third parties,\u201d Pierre Picard<\/strong>, spokesperson for iA Financial Group told Insurance Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Three separate incidents<\/h5>\n

The insurer stated that the events occurred on June 20, July 8 and July 11. \u201cThey are separate incidents and are not related. With each incident, a person outside the organization succeeded in taking control of these advisors\u2019 email account, giving him or her access to all the advisors\u2019 emails. Although our clients\u2019 personal information was not necessarily targeted, the perpetrators of the phishing scheme may have had access to some of our clients\u2019 information, most of whom are located in Quebec,\u201dsaid Picard.<\/p>\n

He adds that the company’s IT department “took immediate action” on all three occasions to regain control of the email accounts and that an investigation was carried out to understand what had happened.<\/p>\n

iA says that it has introduced additional security measures to prevent future phishing incidents. The insurer adds that it has informed the regulatory authorities, in particular the Commission d\u2019acces \u00e0 l\u2019information du Qu\u00e9bec <\/em>(access to information commission of Quebec) and the Autorit\u00e9 des march\u00e9s financiers<\/em> (AMF).<\/p>\n

A subscription to Equifax for five years<\/h5>\n

The company has offered affected customers a subscription to Equifax’s credit monitoring service for a period of five years.<\/p>\n

Phishing is an attempt to steal identities. The cyber criminal sends an email that invites the recipient to click on a hyperlink and enter personal information, such as a username and password.<\/p>\n

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