Who EXACTLY was the external party that published, leaked, and failed to protect sensitive Rogers customer information and why EXACTLY was it provided to them in the first place?
Comcast also recently had their own (repeat) epic fail:
Are the Rogers and Comcast info leaks related in any way?
Hello, Community.
Thanks for checking with us. We take the protection of our customers’ personal information very seriously. Unfortunately, it’s a genuine communication. For more information, you can visit rogers.com/customer-notice.
Regards,
RogersMoin
@RogersMoin Okay, but info page does not identify the negligent "external service provider" that was responsible for this debacle. Also, the info page also starts off by saying, "This was limited to customer name, address, account number, email address and telephone number." but then mentions that wireless account information (or phone number) may have been compromised as well.
This is beyond unacceptable and I get the sense that the size and scope of the personal information leak has been understated significantly.
Might be time for all affected to complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner to really determine just how big this was.
Its beyond time for companies who leak customer data to be hit with huge fines. That seems to be the only way to get their attention. Until that happens, privacy breaches are essentially zero cost to the companies. That needs to change.
Unfortunately, you would have to cut the cord to EVERYTHING and not have accounts on anything.
With all accounting done on computers/servers.. even with the BEST security etc.. there is always a chance of a security breach, a mistake, etc.
(At my work, once in a blue moon the invoicing program screws up and get out of count.. and ends up sending invoice for company A to B, and B to C, etc.)
Bell had a data breach in 2018.
Heck Sony PSN had 3 breaches within a year.
Not trying to play this down at all. Rogers needs to take this seriously.. and agreed should be stepping up the compensation, etc.
Just saying its not 100% avoidable, unless you want to be a hermit.
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This story still has not received any coverage in the mainstream media although mobilesyrup.com did publish the following article this morning: https://mobilesyrup.com/2020/03/18/rogers-notifies-customers-their-personal-information-may-have-bee...
Their piece also said, "Some wireless account numbers were included in the vendor database. If a customer’s wireless account number was included, Rogers added a block to their account, which is called port protection, to prevent their phone number from being transferred to another carrier without their authorization."
iPhone in Canada has also published a piece as well: https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/carriers/rogers/rogers-customers-name-address-exposed-online/
This is also being discussed on Reddit as well: https://www.reddit.com/r/Rogers/comments/fkgsxg/rogers_data_breach/
@CommunityHelps I suppose that it is good that port protection has been implemented on some wireless accounts. Is this only on Rogers wireless? What about Fido customers? If customers add an alternate wireless number to their accounts (to stop the Rogers web sites from harassing you every bleepin' time you log in) should we assume that our private wireless numbers have been compromised?
We were only told that "Customer information that was used by the vendor to fulfill promotional offers on behalf of Rogers was included in the database." Which segment of Rogers customers had their personal information compromised? I'm only an Ignite TV customer and I haven't been contacted by anybody for any promotion. (And now I'll be especially leery of anybody contacting me claiming to be Rogers!) My parents are Digital Cable-only customers and they were not impacted by this, so it does not seem be a campaign to convert legacy customers to Ignite TV or to up-sell them additional Rogers services. Is it to advise customers that FTTH is coming soon? Maybe... but that would also suggest that all Rogers customers in my area would be targeted, especially those using another Internet provider, and that doesn't seem to be the case either.
WHY, SPECIFICALLY, did this this external company have our data and what promotional offers were they working on?!? (Please, DO NOT give me a garbage answer such as, "Rogers is working on many exciting promotions for our valued customers!")
At some point, this information will come out, whether it is though the media or the result of formal investigations by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and/or their Provincial counterparts and/or regulatory bodies such as the CRTC. Rogers needs to get ahead of this and be completely honest and transparent with those customers who they have let down, especially at a time when there are already too many things to be stressed out about.
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