As elaborated, GE received the alert about the hack that happened by accessing one of Canon’s employee’s email account.
We were notified on February 28, 2020, that Canon had determined that, between approximately February 3 - 14, 2020, an unauthorized party gained access to an email account that contained documents of certain GE employees, former employees, and beneficiaries entitled to benefits that were maintained on Canon’s systems.The breached email account had contained documents including detailed personal information about GE employees. Hence, the incident indirectly affected GE employees as well. Regarding the breached information,
The relevant personal information, which was contained in documents such as direct deposit forms, driver’s licenses, passports, birth certificates, marriage certificates, death certificates, medical child support orders, tax withholding forms, beneficiary designation forms and applications for benefits such as retirement, severance and death benefits with related forms and documents, may have included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, bank account numbers, passport numbers, dates of birth, and other information contained in the relevant forms.
Presently, it remains undisclosed as to how many GE employees suffered during this data breach. Nonetheless, Canon are offering 2-year free credit monitoring via Experian to affected individuals.
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