Cybersecurity | Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com/tag/cybersecurity/ Canada's news source for financial professionals Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:19:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Cybersecurity | Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com/tag/cybersecurity/ 32 32 Suspect in Desjardins data leak involving 9.7 million members arrested in Spain https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/suspect-in-desjardins-data-leak-involving-9-7-million-members-arrested-in-spain/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:19:37 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=528788 40-year-old Canadian man faces fraud, identify theft charges

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]]> CIRO wants to tear down the barriers to online advice https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/ciro-wants-to-tear-down-the-barriers-to-online-advice/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:30:33 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=527997 SRO launches review of policy framework for the provision of advice

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]]> Managing identity-theft risk after CIRO data breach https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/managing-identity-theft-risk-after-ciro-data-breach/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:00:19 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=526747 Tips for financial advisors — and for clients affected by other breaches

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]]> SEC sanctions broker for weak cyber defences https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/sec-sanctions-broker-for-weak-cyber-defences/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:12:09 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=526294 Firm suffered email account takeovers amid alleged lack of policies

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]]> Tokenization raises new risks, with familiar ones https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/tokenization-raises-new-risks-with-familiar-ones/ Tue, 11 Nov 2025 20:18:57 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=525153 Novel legal, operational, market risks may arise alongside innovation: IOSCO

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]]> Class action certified in Mackenzie data breach https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/class-action-certified-in-mackenzie-data-breach/ Wed, 05 Nov 2025 15:39:55 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=524611 Case to consider whether damages are owed, while data hasn't been misused

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]]> ESMA targets cybersecurity, ESG disclosure https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/esma-targets-cybersecurity-esg-disclosure/ Fri, 24 Oct 2025 19:06:05 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=523554 Common supervisory efforts to include digital resilience, greenwashing

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]]> CIRO shelves client data project https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/ciro-shelves-client-data-project/ Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:34:22 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=523324 Regulator puts twice-delayed research effort on backburner

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]]> Russian charged in Canadian, U.S. account hacks https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/russian-charged-in-canadian-u-s-account-hacks/ Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:34:39 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=521074 SEC alleges that hacked accounts were used to manipulate illiquid securities

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]]> CIRO breach has advisors on high alert https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/ciro-breach-has-advisors-on-high-alert/ Fri, 19 Sep 2025 20:38:02 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=520385 Compromised data is starting to show up on the dark web

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