Hackers accessed the personal and banking information of TransLink employees during a cyberattack that targeted the company’s IT infrastructure earlier this month. The hackers “accessed and may have copied files from a restricted network drive,” according to an internal email by Coast Mountain Bus Company (CMBC) to their employees. CMBC is the transit service company under the TransLink enterprise serving passengers in Metro Vancouver. The email was obtained by The Global News on Wednesday, and said that the files contain payroll information such as banking information and social insurance numbers of employees from TransLink, CMBC, and Vancouver Transit Police, alongside with other network drives. TransLink is currently working to identify the affected employees but said customers’ fare payment information has not been compromised. Meanwhile, employees are advised to sign up for a two-year credit monitoring service through their workers’ union at no charge to monitor any suspicious activity in their …
Hackers Access Personal, Banking Info of TransLink Employees in Ransomware Attack
December 31, 2020
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