Description: A consultant, Jason Coulls, reports that he has discovered Scotiabank software and access codes on a website. Scotiabank is taking action, directing its technical team to remove the material. Scotiabank is reassuring the public that no problems will result to its 25 million customers.
Date: September 20, 2019
Source: cbc.ca
Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/scotiabank-data-1.5291511
Discussion points:
1) Do you bank at Scotiabank?
2) Have you ever been victimized in a data breach?
3) In chapter seven of Wiley’s Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision-Making , we learn about another sort of bank error at Scotiabank. Track this down in your textbook and discuss with your classmates how this error may have occurred.
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