OPC says Canadian agencies needed better authentication tools to prevent breach

Canada’s privacy chief says weak digital identity authentication and poor interdepartmental communication is to blame for a 2020 data breach that saw the financial, banking, and employment information of almost 50,000 Canadians stolen from the systems of Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

A newly submitted report to Parliament, which summarizes the results of an investigation by the Office of Privacy Commissioner of Canada, says that both organizations failed to implement the appropriate …

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