The cyberattack on the Newfoundland and Labrador health-care system exposed the personal information of thousands of patients and employees.
The compromised information included name, address, health-care number (MCP), reason for visit, the health-care provider, phone number, birth date, email address for notifications, in-patient/out-patient status, maiden name and marital status, and for employees social insurance numbers.
Social insurance numbers belonging to 2,514 patients across Eastern Health, Central Health and Labrador-Grenfell Health were also stolen.
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/cyberattack-update-dec-14-1.6285285
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/newfoundland-&-labrador-centre-for-health-information
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"linkid": "newfoundland-&-labrador-centre-for-health-information",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'Newfoundland and Labrador',
'name': 'Newfoundland and Labrador Health-Care System',
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'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
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'description': 'The cyberattack on the Newfoundland and Labrador health-care '
'system exposed the personal information of thousands of '
'patients and employees. The compromised information included '
'name, address, health-care number (MCP), reason for visit, '
'the health-care provider, phone number, birth date, email '
'address for notifications, in-patient/out-patient status, '
'maiden name and marital status, and for employees social '
'insurance numbers. Social insurance numbers belonging to '
'2,514 patients across Eastern Health, Central Health and '
'Labrador-Grenfell Health were also stolen.',
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'address',
'health-care number (MCP)',
'reason for visit',
'health-care provider',
'phone number',
'birth date',
'email address for notifications',
'in-patient/out-patient status',
'maiden name',
'marital status',
'social insurance numbers for employees']},
'title': 'Cyberattack on Newfoundland and Labrador Health-Care System',
'type': 'Data Breach'}