The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) is aware of the U.S. Justice Department’s criminal charges in relation to the Equifax data breach.
As this matter is currently before the U.S. court system, it would be inappropriate to comment further.
CSE through its Canadian Centre for Cyber Security provides advice and guidance every day to keep Canadians secure online, like our Top 10 IT Security Actions, featuring recommendations to patch operating systems and applications regularly.
If any Canadians think they have been involved in a cyber incident and provided personal information or financial information, please contact the following organizations as appropriate:
- Call your bank. If your bank account or credit cards are involved, you'll want to report it, and cancel cards, right away to avoid being liable for the losses.
- Call the police and keep note of the report number for reference.
- Call Canada's main credit reporting agencies and put a fraud alert on your credit report:
- Trans Union Canada (1-866-525-0262, Québec 1-877-713-3393)
- Equifax Canada (1-866-779-6440)
You can find more information on Cyber Incidents available here.