AI CANADA HACKED

1-800-AMNESTY (1-800-266-3789)
www.amnesty.ca


You may have attempted to reach us over the past few days without success. Amnesty International Canadian Section (English Speaking) recently experienced a sophisticated cyber security breach on our systems. As a result, our emails and usual means of communications were temporarily unavailable.

The breach was first detected on October 5, 2022, when our new security monitoring tools alerted us to suspicious activity on our IT infrastructure.

We immediately engaged international cyber security experts to investigate the breach, take systems offline, reinforce security, and implement measures to limit the impact and mitigate against potential future risks. Relevant authorities were also notified.

We took swift action to protect our systems and set up a local and global taskforce to address the threat, which includes highly skilled cyber forensic investigators and security experts.

Security experts are currently in the process of completing the investigation to determine the full extent of this cyber incident. To date, our investigation has uncovered no evidence that any donor or membership data was taken.

What happens next?

Access to our emails has been restored and we are currently continuing to ensure that the privacy and data of our staff, donors, stakeholders, and all those who engage with AICSES remains secure.

We continue to work with cyber security experts and Canadian authorities and will provide further updates as appropriate.

In the meantime, we advise all individuals who have interacted with Amnesty staff or systems to take additional steps to protect their personal information and reduce or mitigate the risk of potential harm from this breach, including:


monitor all your online accounts for suspicious activity;

update your passwords, using complex and different passwords for all accounts.

use security tools available from banking and other institutions to monitor your account activity;

and update your personal security software and operating systems regularly to ensure these systems are up to date.

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us at members@amnesty.ca or 1800-AMNESTY(266-3789).