The personal information of some Wealthsimple customers was accessed without authorization following an Aug. 30 security breach, the FinTech company revealed today.

Wealthsimple told BetaKit the incident affected “significantly fewer” than one percent of its 3 million customers, which would amount to fewer than 30,000 clients. All impacted accounts have been notified by email.

“All accounts remain secure, and no funds were accessed or stolen. We acted quickly and in a few hours the issue was contained, ” the company said in a statement.

The personal information accessed included contact details, government IDs, financial account numbers, IP addresses, social insurance numbers, and dates of birth. No passwords were compromised, Wealthsimple said.

The Toronto-based FinTech firm said its

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