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Cybersecurity Incident in P.E.I. Affects up to 234,000 People: Health Authority
The health authority says the breach involved historic health-card records, and the privacy commissioner is investigating.
- On Monday, Health PEI announced that an "unauthorized person" gained access to a 2011 file containing personal information for up to 234,000 people.
- According to Health PEI, the security incident occurred at a company providing services to the authority and was discovered on Sept. 7.
- Potentially affected individuals include those who held a health card in or before 2011, plus non-residents who received services on the Island between 2008 and 2011.
- CEO Laurae Kloschinsky said, "Based on the information available today, we believe the risk that this information will be misused is low," as the privacy commissioner investigates.
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Cybersecurity incident in P.E.I. affects up to 234,000 people: health authority
CHARLOTTETOWN - The health authority in P.E.I. says someone has gained unauthorized access to a file containing personal information belonging to as many as 234,000 people.
·Toronto, Canada
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234,000 people may be affected in personal information breach, says Health P.E.I.
Health P.E.I. says a company providing services to the provincial health authority was involved in a cybersecurity incident. It said an “unauthorized person” obtained a copy of a file created in 2011 that contains health card information.
·Ottawa, Canada
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