[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fb1jjt30dmtvd":3},{"success":4,"breach":5},true,{"_id":6,"name":7,"title":8,"slug":7,"domain":9,"breachDate":10,"addedDate":11,"modifiedDate":12,"contentUpdatedAt":13,"source":14,"sourceUrl":15,"sourceUrls":16,"pwnCount":17,"affectedCount":17,"affectedCountStatus":18,"affectedCountLowerBound":19,"affectedCountUnit":20,"hasEnglishDescription":4,"severity":21,"dataClasses":22,"description":28,"seoTitle":15,"seoTitleEn":29,"seoDescription":15,"seoDescriptionEn":30,"logoUrl":31,"isVerified":4,"isSensitive":4,"isSpamList":32,"isMalware":32,"company":33},"68e3266eda11adda488251ca","fair-vote-canada","Fair Vote Canada Data Breach","fairvote.ca","2024-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","2024-10-21T05:04:21.000Z","2024-10-21T05:06:43.000Z","2026-07-18T23:50:36.322Z","Third party breach","",[],134336,"known",null,"unknown","High",[23,24,25,26,27],"Email addresses","Names","Phone numbers","Physical addresses","Political donations","\u003Cp>Fair Vote Canada is a national civic campaign organization working for proportional representation and electoral reform in Canada. The incident reported in March 2024 affected approximately 134,000 unique email addresses due to the accidental disclosure of data from the 2020 period, including political donation data in the context of name, address, phone number, and for some individuals, the date and amount of the donation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This record should be evaluated sensitively because it carries a context of political participation and donations. Although the incident was explained as an involuntary disclosure by a voluntary source rather than a malicious attack, the outcome for the user is the same: political interest, donation relationship, and contact information have become visible together.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Leaking Data Types and Risks\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The data classes tracked in the Fair Vote Canada registry should be treated as email addresses, name-surname information, phone numbers, physical addresses, and political donation information. Email addresses can be used for targeted phishing, password reset schemes, and account matching across different services. Name-surname information makes fake support, fake donation, fake delivery, or customer service messages more convincing. Phone numbers allow the creation of personalized fraud scenarios via SMS, calls, and messaging apps. Physical addresses can be used in delivery, donation, official correspondence, or local service-themed social engineering messages. Political donation information can lead to sensitive inferences about a person's political tendencies and support relationships.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Political donation information can lead to sensitive inferences about a person's political tendencies and campaign support. When combined with name, address, and phone number, fake donation, campaign, survey, volunteering, or political pressure messages can become more convincing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Verified Scope and Boundaries\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>This record is associated with the domain fairvote.ca and the March 2024 event. The scope includes email addresses, full names, phone numbers, physical addresses, and for some individuals, donation date\u002Famount information. Password, payment card, or official ID fields are not verified data classes for this record.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Fields not present in this record should not be described as if they were leaked. Full payment card, bank information, official ID, private message, health data, student file, password, or financial data should only be included in the risk assessment if they are explicitly present in the record. The text is based on verifiable data classes and the known boundaries of the incident.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>User Groups at Risk\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Supporters of Fair Vote Canada, donors, users whose political views being disclosed could pose personal or professional risks, and individuals whose address\u002Fphone information is included in campaign records are at higher risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Users who use the same email address across different services, repeat their old passwords, share their phone and address information on many platforms, or clearly use their real identity in community\u002Fevent accounts are at higher risk. The privacy impact in records with political, student, or official identity context can be heavier than in normal commercial records.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Urgent Measures to Be Taken\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Users should verify donation renewal, campaign, survey, or payment links received on behalf of Fair Vote Canada through the official channel. Extra caution should be taken with messages personalized with political donation information, and payment or identity information should not be shared.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Users in the positive match area should update their passwords on accounts where they use the same or similar passwords, enable two-step verification where possible, and check recent sessions. Records that do not contain passwords but include contact, donation, address, event, or student data should be monitored for unexpected calls, offers, support, and verification messages.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Long-Term Security Strategies\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>In the long term, the habit of using a password manager, unique passwords, two-factor authentication, and removing unnecessary personal information from accounts reduces risk. Reusing the same email address across different platforms makes it easier to combine data from different breaches; using a separate email or alias for critical accounts can be considered.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The email address used in political campaign and donation records can be kept separate for personal privacy. Users should regularly check which campaigns and non-governmental organizations they have shared their address\u002Fphone with.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Record Control and User Action\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>LeakData check indicates whether the queried email address is found in this record. A positive result does not necessarily mean that all data fields definitely belong to that user; however, it is a sufficient warning for precautionary measures. A negative result only indicates that there is no match in this dataset and does not eliminate the possibility of appearing in other breaches.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A positive result indicates that the email address is found in the Fair Vote Canada dataset. Due to political donations and address context, the result should be considered sensitive, and attention should be paid to fake campaign and donation messages.\u003C\u002Fp>","Fair Vote Canada Data Breach (134.3 Thousand Reported Records)","Fair Vote Canada Data Breach. 134.3 Thousand reported records were reported. Reported data: Email addresses, Names, Phone numbers. Review the scope, risks…","\u002Fuploads\u002Flogo\u002Ffairvote_ca.webp",false,{"name":34,"sector":35,"country":36,"website":9,"websiteArchiveUrl":15,"websiteStatus":15,"websiteCheckedAt":19},"Fair Vote Canada","Civic Campaign \u002F Electoral Reform","Canada"]