(Bloomberg) – Goldcorp Inc., the world's third-largest gold company by market value, confirmed it was the victim of a data breach.
The Canadian company "is working to determine the full scope and impact of the incident" and to provide information to affected employees, Christine Marks, a Goldcorp spokeswoman, said Thursday in an e-mail.
Vancouver-based Goldcorp's internal IT security team is working with external companies to come up with an action plan and prevent further breaches, she said. On Wednesday, The Daily Dot website reported hackers appeared to have accessed 14.8 GB of uncompressed data from Goldcorp's internal networks.
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