Cybersecurity incident — 2022-10-06 00:00:00
Affected organization: Amnesty International Canada
Affected country: Canada
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Undetermined
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

Amnesty International's Canadian branch has disclosed a security breach detected in early October and linked by cybersecurity firm Secureworks, who investigated the incident, to a threat group likely sponsored by China.