The Globe and Mail reports in its Wednesday edition that Wealthsimple's security head apologized to customers on Monday after the company revealed a data breach leaked the sensitive information of thousands of its clients. The Globe's Mariya Postelnyak writes that Justin Grudzien asserted there was nothing to suggest that the data accessed was misused. The Toronto-based on-line financial services provider announced on Friday that a security incident had compromised some customers' personal information, including social insurance numbers, account numbers, dates of birth and government IDs provided during the Wealthsimple sign-up process. "We sincerely apologize for any frustration this incident caused our clients," said Justin Grudzien, chief information security officer at Wealthsimple, in a statement to The Globe. "We have no evidence to suggest that the data accessed was misused and I can confirm that Wealthsimple was not targeted in this attack." According to the company, the breach was detected on Aug. 30 and contained in a few hours. Wealthsimple said the incident is related to a compromised "software package" built by a trusted third party vendor, though the company declined to provide further details.