Wealthsimple said affected customers would receive two years of free credit and dark-web monitoring, as well as identity theft protection and insurance.

Wealthsimple’s security head apologized to customers on Monday after the company revealed a data breach leaked the sensitive information of thousands of its clients. He asserted there was nothing to suggest that the data accessed was misused.

The Toronto-based online financial services provider announced on Saturday that a security incident had compromised some customers’ personal information, including social insurance numbers, account numbers, dates of birth and government IDs provided during the Wealthsimple sign-up process.

“We sincerely apologize for any frustration this incident caused our clients,” said Justin Grudzien, chief inf

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