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Recent cybersecurity incident affecting 750,000 Canadian investors
January 23, 2026
1:21 pm
canadian.100
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CIRO-OCRI Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization has advised that they have experienced a cybersecurity incident in August 2025 involving unauthorized access to personal information - they are now advising the 750,000 Canadian investors affected. No doubt some of you have either already received the letter or will receive it shortly.

January 23, 2026
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January 23, 2026
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canadian.100 said
CIRO-OCRI Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization has advised that they have experienced a cybersecurity incident in August 2025 involving unauthorized access to personal information - they are now advising the 750,000 Canadian investors affected. No doubt some of you have either already received the letter or will receive it shortly.  

Yes, already received the letter. What now?
"What now brown cow?"

January 24, 2026
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COIN said

Yes, already received the letter. What now?
"What now brown cow?"  

I see information now appearing on this cybersecurity breach just by doing a simple search on the internet - start with CIRO. Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization. I guess personal information for 750K persons has been accessed - probably not much can be done once the horse is out of the barn.
I note a reference to a possible class action. More to come............

January 24, 2026
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I was with Simplii when they got hacked.
Didn't lose any money. Simplii paid me $90 to put the issue to rest. No legal action.

January 27, 2026
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Dean said
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Question I have is if a person was affected but never received the letter (not sent, lost in transit, etc) how can they confirm they were or were not impacted?

January 28, 2026
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COIN said

Yes, already received the letter. What now?
"What now brown cow?"  

Just received my letter yesterday. Same question - "What now brown cow?" They offer free credit monitoring and identity theft protection for 2 years. I'm already a 'basic free member', so I'll see what it takes to get onto this (normally) pay service and let everyone know here. I suppose taking this may cancel the ability to join a class action...

My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as
sharp as it used to be.

January 28, 2026
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dougjp said

Just received my letter yesterday. Same question - "What now brown cow?" They offer free credit monitoring and identity theft protection for 2 years. I'm already a 'basic free member', so I'll see what it takes to get onto this (normally) pay service and let everyone know here. I suppose taking this may cancel the ability to join a class action...  

Not difficult. If you are a free member and sign in at members.transunion, this offer has a different (pay site) URL as stated in the letter, so after entering the code given just sign up and it works.

My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as
sharp as it used to be.

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