Parliamentary Committee on Public Safety Takes up Desjardins Data Breach

Desjardins President and CEO Guy Cormier reads a statement during a news conference in Montreal on June 20, 2019. Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press

OTTAWA—A parliamentary committee is grappling with the consequences of a major data breach at Desjardins Group.

The breach, revealed in June, affected roughly 2.7 million people and 173,000 businesses.