Patient Records of 15 Million People Exposed

A cyberattack against LifeLabs exposed personal information on patients in Ontario and British Columbia. A cyberattack against LifeLabs, Canada’s largest medical testing provider, left personal information of more than 15 million individuals exposed before the company paid a ransom to retrieve the data. According to a letter sent to customers, the names, addresses, email addresses, customer logins and passwords, health card numbers, and lab test results for individuals in Ontario and British Columbia were breached in the attack, which was reported to law enforcement on November 1.

Source: Dark Reading