My data got leaked in Indigo’s ransomware attack: We need better cybersecurity rules
“Did you see the e-mail from Indigo?” asked a friend and former colleague by text one night.
We commiserated over a flurry of messages and group chats, thinking of current Indigo employees working day and night to resolve the breach, and wondering what systems could have been compromised so severely to prevent a multiweek outage. Eventually, the ominous blue screen was updated to confirm that customer data had not been compromised.
This experience has demonstrated that there should be higher standards for both federally and provincially regulated organizations on employee data. To start, we need laws that hold employers responsible for any employee data breaches regardless of the cause and, in turn, the costs incurred by affected individuals. These can range the account switching costs and additional monitoring fees for all, in addition to the costs related to rehabilitating any affected stolen identities.
A departing worker should be provided the option of providing a preferred e-mail address to ensure timely communication of a possible future breach. And in the case of such a breach, the employer should be obligated to provide both current and former employees the same timely updates on the event.
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