Alberta College of Paramedics

Alberta College of Paramedics

The Alberta College of Paramedics suffered a privacy breach that exposed information of thousands of its members.

They can log into the system and read another practitioner's information from the database during the incident, according to ACP.

ACP investigated the breach and notified to the Alberta's privacy commissione.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/paramedic-privacy-breach-1.3777816

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/alberta-college-of-paramedics

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"type": "Breach",
"date": "09/2016",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
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                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Alberta, Canada',
                        'name': 'Alberta College of Paramedics',
                        'type': 'Professional Regulatory Body'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': 'Practitioner Information'},
 'description': 'The Alberta College of Paramedics suffered a privacy breach '
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 'regulatory_compliance': {'regulatory_notifications': "Alberta's Privacy "
                                                       'Commissioner'},
 'title': 'Alberta College of Paramedics Privacy Breach',
 'type': 'Privacy Breach'}
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