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Breach occurred 2024-03-02Verifiedfairvote.ca
What happened
In March 2024, the Canadian national citizens' campaign for proportional representation Fair Vote Canada suffered a data breach. The incident was attributed to "a well-meaning volunteer" who inadvertently exposed data from 2020 which included 134k unique email addresses, names, physical addresses, phone numbers and, for some individuals, date and amount of a donation.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Fair Vote Canada data breach occurred on March 2, 2024. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on October 21, 2024.
134,336 accounts were affected by the Fair Vote Canada data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Fair Vote Canada breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses, Political donations.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Fair Vote Canada breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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