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Global Affairs Canada announced on Tuesday it is investigating a cyberattack and data breach that has forced it to limit remote access to its networks.

The current system for identifying Canadians is inadequate for the digital age, the chief executive of Desjardins Group told MPs in an emergency parliamentary committee meeting on Monday, July 15, 2019, grappling with the fallout of a major data breach at his financial-services company.

A parliamentary committee will grapple this, July 15, 2019, afternoon with the consequences of a major data breach at Desjardins Group.

More than 87 million people were affected by a data scandal involving political campaigning firm Cambridge Analytica and Facebook, the social media company said on Wednesday. The estimated total includes more than 600,000 Canadians.

Acting minister for democratic institutions Scott Brison plans to meet with Canada's cyber spy agency and domestic spy service to assess threats to the electoral system and the protection of personal information.

The RCMP has launched an investigation into a data breach at Bell Canada that appears to have compromised customer names and email addresses, but no credit card or banking information.

Equifax Inc. says it has revised down the number of Canadians affected by its high-profile data breach to about 8,000 customers - from 100,000 previously estimated.

Equifax Canada says approximately 100,000 Canadian consumers may have had their personal information compromised in the massive cyberattack on the credit data company made public earlier this month.

Canada's privacy watchdog launched an investigation into the massive Equifax Inc. data breach