Investment firms, financial advisers and other market registrants are now getting notified that their personal information was accessed last month during a data breach at their industry regulator.

The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) confirmed in an e-mail to The Globe and Mail that registration information of its member firms and registered individuals was breached on Aug. 11.

“While we have no evidence that this information has been misused, out of an abundance of caution, we are contacting all registered individuals and are offering free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for a period of two years with both TransUnion and Equifax,” CIRO spokesperson Sean Hamilton said in a statement.

CIRO - a self-regulatory organization that oversees all inves

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