DataBreaches.Net

Menu
  • About
  • Breach Notification Laws
  • Privacy Policy
  • Transparency Report
Menu

Ca: Detour Gold warns former, current employees of data breach

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Dissent

Rachelle Younglai reports:

Detour Gold Corp. is reaching out to former and current employees to tell them that their personal information may have been compromised due to a cyber attack.

Detour, which operates one gold mine in Ontario, did not say when its server was hacked or how many employees have been affected by the security breach.

[…]

As far back as April, the website databreaches.net had warned Detour that its system had been compromised, exposing confidential data such as employees’ social insurance numbers and information on Detour’s deals.

Read more on The Globe and Mail.

The following is the full text of Detour Gold’s press release, which appears on their web site:

TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – June 30, 2015) – Detour Gold Corporation (TSX:DGC) (“Detour Gold” or the “Company”) has been the subject of an illegal breach of its IT systems which has resulted in confidential information, including company and personnel information, being accessed and disclosed by hackers.

The Company has determined that the stolen information includes personal information of Detour Gold’s employees (current and former) as well as of individuals to whom Detour Gold made a formal offer of employment.

External and internal IT experts are continuing to assess the risks of further illegal access to Detour Gold’s systems and are taking steps to eliminate such risks. We are also continuing to investigate the source of the breach and are in contact with the police and federal authorities who are assisting the Company. We are also taking steps to reduce the risk of further confidential information being accessed by establishing additional safeguards within our systems. 

Our highest priority, and the primary reason for issuance of this news release, is to help those people whose personal information was compromised to protect themselves against the unauthorized use of their personal information. We are in the process of contacting former employees and individuals who received offers of employment from Detour Gold who may have provided personal information to us in that context. While we are endeavoring to contact all people affected by this, if you fall within one of these groups and have not yet been contacted by Detour Gold, please contact us immediately in order to receive identity theft monitoring services which the Company is making available through a third party service provider. You can reach us via:

Telephone access:

  • Toll-free (North America): 1-855-870-8647
  • Cochrane, Ontario: 647-847-2089, ext. 4367

Email: [email protected]

Category: Business SectorExposureHackNon-U.S.

Post navigation

← JPMorgan Reassigns Security Team Leader a Year After Data Breach
Windows 10 will share your Wi-Fi password with your friends’ friends →

Now more than ever

"Stand with Ukraine:" above raised hands. The illustration is in blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine's flag.

Search

Browse by Categories

Recent Posts

  • Texas Doctor Who Falsely Diagnosed Patients as Part of Insurance Fraud Scheme Sentenced to 10 Years’ Imprisonment
  • VanHelsing ransomware builder leaked on hacking forum
  • Hack of Opexus Was at Root of Massive Federal Data Breach
  • ‘Deep concern’ for domestic abuse survivors as cybercriminals expected to publish confidential abuse survivors’ addresses
  • Western intelligence agencies unite to expose Russian hacking campaign against logistics and tech firms
  • Disrupting Lumma Stealer: Microsoft leads global action against favored cybercrime tool
  • Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online
  • Privilege Under Fire: Protecting Forensic Reports in the Wake of a Data Breach
  • Hacker who breached communications app used by Trump aide stole data from across US government
  • Massachusetts hacker to plead guilty to PowerSchool data breach (1)

No, You Can’t Buy a Post or an Interview

This site does not accept sponsored posts or link-back arrangements. Inquiries about either are ignored.

And despite what some trolls may try to claim: DataBreaches has never accepted even one dime to interview or report on anyone. Nor will DataBreaches ever pay anyone for data or to interview them.

Want to Get Our RSS Feed?

Grab it here:

https://databreaches.net/feed/

RSS Recent Posts on PogoWasRight.org

  • Widow of slain Saudi journalist can’t pursue surveillance claims against Israeli spyware firm
  • Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online
  • GDPR is cracking: Brussels rewrites its prized privacy law
  • Telegram Gave Authorities Data on More than 20,000 Users
  • Police secretly monitored New Orleans with facial recognition cameras
  • Cocospy stalkerware apps go offline after data breach
  • Drugmaker Regeneron to acquire 23andMe out of bankruptcy

Have a News Tip?

Email: Tips[at]DataBreaches.net

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

Contact Me

Email: info[at]databreaches.net

Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

DMCA Concern: dmca[at]databreaches.net
© 2009 – 2025 DataBreaches.net and DataBreaches LLC. All rights reserved.