Canada's FIU requests STRs via generic messaging service after hack

FINTRAC, Canada's financial intelligence unit (FIU), has asked obliged entities to file their most sensitive suspicious transaction reports (STRs) via a commercial file-sharing system after the AML agency was hacked in March.

By Keith Nuthall, in Ottawa

FINTRAC, Canada's financial intelligence unit (FIU), has asked obliged entities to file their most sensitive suspicious transaction reports (STRs) via a commercial file-sharing system after the AML agency was hacked in March [2024].