(Updates with comments from CEO interview, adds share price,
byline)
By Susan Taylor
TORONTO, April 28 (Reuters) - Canada's Goldcorp Inc G.TO
on Thursday said its computer network had been compromised and
the gold mining company was working to determine the scope and
impact of the data breach.
Vancouver-based Goldcorp's internal security team and
independent technology security firms are gathering facts and
informing affected employees, but Chief Executive David Garofalo
said he was not overly worried.
"The extent of the data breach is not of significant concern
for us because we're a public company and anything of a material
nature has to be in the public domain by law anyways. So we
really don't have any material undisclosed information,"
Garofalo said in an interview.
Day-to-day operations are unaffected by the hack, he added.
Security teams are working on an action plan that includes
preventative modifications to computer processes and increased
network security at the world's third-biggest gold producer by
market value.
Garofalo would not say what material had been mined or
whether hackers had been in contact with the company.
"I don't think it's personal. I think there's a criminal
element out there, unfortunately, that is making a living doing
this - where they hack into computer systems globally in order
to try to extort money," he said.
The Daily Dot website reported on Wednesday that hackers had
claimed to have "badly hacked" Goldcorp and dumped private
company and employee data online.
The data included what appeared to be correspondence with
employees on their performance and pay rates, bank account
information, budget information for 2016 and international
contacts, the Daily Dot reported.
Hackers are preparing more Goldcorp data dumps, the online
newspaper said.
"If something gets dumped, the police will look into it and
we'll go from there," Garofalo said, referring to the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police.
Shares of Goldcorp, which reported better-than-expected
quarterly results on Wednesday were 5 percent
higher in late session trade on Thursday.
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