MONTREAL | The Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) announced on Tuesday that it had been the subject of an external computer hacking attempt, on May 15, which however did not allow any “personal information” to be “exfiltrated” clients.
Even if no data related to the Inspire program or its members was consulted or exfiltrated, 17 documents containing personal information of SAQ employees could be consulted before the intrusion was blocked, “said the company. of State by press release.
It was the Company’s computer monitoring tools that detected the intrusion attempt that day, which triggered the security protocol.
The company wanted to reassure its employees, customers and the public on Tuesday about the security measures in place.
“The management of the SAQ quickly added the services of a recognized firm of cybersecurity experts, Cytelligence,” it was said. This firm piloted an exhaustive analysis of the SAQ’s networks and servers to determine the impact of this intrusion attempt. ”
The SAQ management was warned on June 24 that documents containing sensitive information could have been consulted during the incident, but it was Monday that the results of the analysis confirming the case were communicated to it, a have we stressed.
As a precaution, the Crown corporation has indicated that each affected employee will be contacted and that they will be able to benefit from the protection of a credit monitoring and identity theft insurance service for a period of one year. with Equifax, at SAQ expense.
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