Data Breach

• COVID-19: HKPR District Health Unit reports privacy breach involving client emails

  A mass email sent to 500 clients revealed email addresses of all individuals eligible for a second vaccine dose, according to the health unit.

  Health

  3 hours
• Employee at New Brunswick hospital fired after ‘significant’ privacy breach

  Horizon Health says that the staffer was working in health records at the Charlotte County Hospital when the incident occurred and that the employee was dismissed on April 23.

  Health

  Jul 8
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• Time to change your password: Tips on protecting yourself from online scams

  Financial expert Kelley Keehn recently joined 'The Morning Show' to discuss password tips and how to protect yourself from online scams.

  Lifestyle

  Jun 11
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• Quebec public daycare registry hit by cyberattack, 5,000 personal files compromised

  Someone created an administrator profile to access the data and downloaded the files of 5,000 parents, including that of Families Minister Mathieu Lacombe.

  Crime

  May 11
• Confidential information exposed in recent data breach: Bombardier

  Hackers gained access to the data by exploiting a vulnerability in a third-party file transfer application, Bombardier said in a news release.

  Canada

  Feb 23
• N.S. relaunches FOIPOP site 1,024 days after pulling it down over data breach

  A saga that has lasted more than 1,000 days came to an end on Thursday when Nova Scotia relaunched its FOIPOP website, allowing for greater government transparency.

  Politics

  Jan 21
• Cyberattack at Montreal health centre prompts information system shutdown

  An investigation is underway after a cyberattack at the CIUSSS Centre-Ouest de Montreal prompted the shutdown of information systems.

  Canada

  Oct 29, 2020
• Toronto hospital network says information of about 150 patients allegedly stolen

  Unity Health Toronto said the incident involved a former employee with Nuance Communications, a company that transcribes clinical notes dictated by doctors at St. Michael's Hospital.

  Health

  Oct 8, 2020
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• Health-care provider Medisys reports data breach affecting 60,000 clients

  The breach affected about five per cent of its clients, Medisys said.

  Health

  Sep 29, 2020
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• Shopify says it notified privacy commissioner of breach involving ‘rogue’ staff

  Shopify says two employees went 'rogue' and took customer information in a data breach affecting fewer than 200 of its merchants.

  Sep 23, 2020