Greg Davis reports: Two employees at Campbellford Memorial Hospital have been released following recent privacy breaches, the hospital announced Friday afternoon. The hospital in the Municipality of Trent Hills says it “discovered and confirmed” two employees had “inappropriately” accessed patient information affecting approximately 500 individuals. Both employees have been “dismissed.” Read more at Global News.
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Anonymous Claims It Hacked Russian Orthodox Church, Leaked 15 GB Data And 57,500 Emails
Ajay Sharma reports: Hacker group Anonymous has launched another attack on Russia. The Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Lipetsk Mechanical Plant, which manufactures components for anti-aircraft missile launchers and other military equipment, were hacked by them on Friday. The hacker group posted on Twitter that they have merged and posted about 15 GB of…
Ph: Smartmatic admits ‘data leak’ but not related to 2022 polls
Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo reports the latest into the investigation into claims of a Comelec leak. SMARTMATIC Inc., the country’s major provider for the upcoming 2022 automated elections, has admitted data leak from its system but assured that it is not related to the polls, Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairperson Saidamen Pangarungan said Friday, April 1,…
Ca: 120 patients victims of Chatham-Kent Health Alliance privacy breach
The Chatham Voice reports: It happened again. Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (CKHA) officials report a large-scale breach of health records, and they say two staffers were responsible. The two people, already terminated by the alliance, went snooping into the health records of about 120 patients. Read more at The Chatham Voice.
Officials to give update on Newfoundland and Labrador cyberattack Wednesday
CBC News reports: Officials in Newfoundland and Labrador will give an update Wednesday on the cyberattack that paralyzed the province’s health-care system for weeks. Health Minister John Haggie and Eastern Health CEO David Diamond will talk about the attack and its impact on the health-care system beginning at 10:30 a.m. NT. The conference will be streamed on the…
French health insurance data leak: what to do if you are one of the 510,000 affected
Emma Morgan reports: On March 17, it was revealed that the accounts of 19 healthcare staff had been hacked, causing the details of at least 510,000 people to be stolen. France’s Caisse nationale d’assurance maladie (Cnam) health insurance body, which has now made a formal complaint, explained that “unauthorised people” had connected to the “Amelipro…