TORONTO – An Ontario doctor has had his licence temporarily suspended by a disciplinary tribunal after it found that he had wrongly accessed patient records, including family members and colleagues, hundreds of times over the span of years.
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MONTREAL – Residents on Montreal’s North Shore are being asked to be vigilant after the personal information of thousands of people have been leaked in a cyberattack. According to the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de Laval, there was a “security breach” at Segma Recherche, a market research firm that had conducted a survey for the regional health authority.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Companies, individuals and other victims of ransomware attacks paid hackers more than $1.1 billion in 2023 in exchange for unlocking their data, according to new research.
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SAN FRANCISCO – 23andMe said raw genomic data and health reports were among the data stolen in a breach lasting between late April and late September 2023. The latest details about the 23andMe hack were revealed in data breach notification letters submitted to the California Attorney General’s office and published on the AG’s website on or about Jan. 21.
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SAN FRANCISCO – Armis, the asset intelligence cybersecurity company, today announced, The Anatomy of Cybersecurity: A Dissection of 2023’s Attack Landscape. The 2023 analysis of Armis’ proprietary data offers critical insight into the multifaceted challenges global organizations face when it comes to protecting the entire attack surface. Report findings serve as a blueprint to help security teams worldwide prioritize efforts to reduce cyber risk exposure in 2024.
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TORONTO – Ontario’s hospitals, clinics and other healthcare providers will need to be extra careful about computer security and patient privacy starting this year. That’s because the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) announced penalties of up to $50,000 for individuals and $500,000 for organizations for violations of the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA).
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REGINA – The Crown corporation responsible for safeguarding the digital health records of Saskatchewan residents is under an increased risk of security breaches and system failure, due to the lack of a finalized IT agreement with the SHA. That was the conclusion of the provincial auditor in a report released in December.
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ST. JOHN’S, NL – A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed over the cyberattack on Newfoundland and Labrador’s healthcare system that took place in the fall of 2021. The attack, carried out by cyber-thieves affiliated with the Hive ransomware group, stole both personal medical information as well as employee information from thousands of people.
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VANCOUVER – Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre told clients and donors a backup server containing their personal information was stolen from its new office on Dec. 3. Police say they are investigating the theft.
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SARNIA, Ont. – A group of southwestern Ontario hospitals is facing a potential $480-million class action lawsuit after at least 270,000 patients in the region had their data breached and reportedly sold by hackers on the dark web.
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