Toronto, Ontario, Canada – November 25, 2023 - As an update to our November 21 statement, Moneris recently experienced an attempted ransomware attack. The incident did not affect our payment processing environments which continue to remain secure.
Our dedicated team of cyber risk experts took action to ensure this incident was quickly identified and contained.
We now know that the unauthorized third party gained access to and has released certain business information such as Moneris Merchant IDs and locations, issues logs, internal training materials, and names and postal addresses related to legacy gift cards.
We continue to work with our team and third-party cyber experts to analyze and assess the information that was accessed and take appropriate mitigation actions.
Moneris makes cyber security, including the protection of our customers and their data, a top priority.