{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"OTAVA","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.otava.com","title":"Canada Loan Data Breach Affects 583K","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"nRVoBoJH2D\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/canada-loan-breach-affects-583k\/\">Canada Loan Data Breach Affects 583K<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/canada-loan-breach-affects-583k\/embed\/#?secret=nRVoBoJH2D\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Canada Loan Data Breach Affects 583K&#8221; &#8212; OTAVA\" data-secret=\"nRVoBoJH2D\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.otava.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"On November 5th, the Human Resources and Skills Development Canada agency in Gatineau, Quebec found that an external hard drive was missing from their office. This unencrypted hard drive had the names, social insurance numbers (much like American social security numbers), date of birth, loan balances and contact information for over 583 thousand individuals. This list was of students borrowing from the years 2000 through 2006. Last Friday, January 11th, the agency announced the breach to the public. It had taken more than two months, however, to start an internal investigation and get this information to the affected public. The authorities have been called and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are currently involved in the investigation. The Vancouver Sun explained that this could be \u201cone of the largest privacy lapses in Canadian history.\u201d This lost hard drive was discovered in the midst of a different investigation regarding the loss of a USB key containing the data of over five thousand Canadian citizens, making this the second breach in just a few weeks. The hard drive was not encrypted, as is required by the government, and the hardware itself was not approved for use in the first place. Although it is..."}