Groupe Qualinet

Profile narrative

Qualinet, also known as Groupe Qualinet, is identified as a Quebec‑based cleaning services company. The organization’s headquarters are located in Canada. It operates under the aliases Qualinet and Groupe Qualinet. Qualinet’s handling of breach notifications shows that it is subject to Quebec’s Law 25 on personal information. No further detail about additional products, services, or market sectors beyond cleaning services is provided in the supplied sources.

Qualinet has been targeted by multiple cyberattacks, with recorded incidents on 2025‑11‑01, 2025‑10‑01, 2025‑02‑01 and 2021‑02‑05. In the three 2025 events, the company detected unauthorized data exfiltration, activated its emergency plan, mobilized specialist teams, restored systems after initial analysis, confirmed that some information had been stolen, notified affected clients under Law 25, and reported the breaches to the Quebec City police and the Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec. During the 2025‑10‑01 incident, executives noted that cybercriminals are increasingly using artificial intelligence to identify vulnerabilities and cited a CIRA survey showing many Canadian organizations have faced similar attacks. The 2025‑02‑01 summary includes a statement from the company’s president that the public disclosure was intended to raise awareness among business leaders about the evolving threat landscape. The 2021‑02‑05 incident involved a ransomware attack by the Avaddon group, during which Qualinet denied any security breach despite extortion demands and claims that 100 GB of human‑resources data had been compromised. Across these episodes, the organization consistently engaged law‑enforcement and regulatory bodies while following its breach‑response procedures.

Incidents

4 incidents linked to this organisation.