Canadian Tire has disclosed a data breach affecting its online shopping database, exposing customer information tied to Canadian Tire, SportChek, Mark’s/L’Équipeur, and Party City accounts. The company said on October 14 the breach was detected on October 2, 2025, when it found “unauthorized activity” in an e-commerce database. According to Canadian Tire, the hack was
Encrypted on disk, yes, but if the data is accessed at the Software layer (which I’m willing to bet it is), it will definitely be unencrypted and usable.
If all data is encrypted, all breaches risk little to nothing. Who stores anything unencrypted these days.
Encrypted on disk, yes, but if the data is accessed at the Software layer (which I’m willing to bet it is), it will definitely be unencrypted and usable.
every company out there apparently