Law Firm Cybersecurity Incident

Employees 

This incident affects only employees paid through The GC’s internal Canadian project payroll or receiving contract wages in 2023 or 2024. We have directly notified individuals whose information was affected by the incident at the law firm. 

We have notified people connected with an affected project who were paid through our payroll or received contract wages and received a T4 or T4A slip from us in 2023 or 2024. These slips include personal information, such as a social insurance number. People whose payroll or contract wages ended before 2023 are not affected. 

If your employee information was exposed, we are providing free Equifax identity protection because T4 and T4A slips include sensitive information, such as social insurance numbers. Eligible individuals have received an activation code directly from us. If you received a code, use the instructions in your notice to enroll. If you are unsure whether a message about Equifax is genuine, do not click links or reply. Call us at 1-855-488-7020. 

You may have received more than one notification if you were two or more of a project representative, donor or employee in 2023 or 2024. We sent a separate notice for each type of affected information. 

Questions: 

• Project payroll or contract wage employees: contact your ministry advisor 

• GC employees: Alastair MacDonald, Director - HR (alastair.macdonald@thegc.org, 1-236-312-9550).