New Brunswick’s integrity commissioner is probing the data breach involving Saint John’s online parking ticket payment site.
In late December, the city learned the third-party software it uses to process online parking tickets, Click2Gov, had been hacked.
It is believed more than 10,000 people who used the system since May 2017 may have had their credit card info stolen.
Charles Murray, the acting integrity commissioner, said he decided to launch his own investigation, in part, because of the large number of affected people.
Murray said the review will focus on the cause of the breach and what security measures should be in place for public bodies who use online payment platforms to deliver public services.
A public report will be released following the investigation, he said, but there is no word how long it will take.
Anyone affected by the breach can also file a complaint with the integrity commissioner’s office.
