​Bank of Montreal, CIBC's Simplii Financial report customer data breaches

ZDNet ------ Two of Canada's largest banks have issued statements confirming they were contacted by "fraudsters" claiming to have personal and financial information on customers in their possession. Bank of Montreal (BOM) confirmed it was breached late Monday, believing the attack had originated from outside of the country."Fraudsters contacted BMO claiming that they were in possession of certain personal and financial information for a limited number of customers," the statement reads. "We took steps immediately when the incident occurred and we are confident that exposures identified related to customer data have been closed off." To learn more click on the picture below to read the article.