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Hackers steal data for 15 million patients, then sell it back to lab that lost it | Ars Technica

By Securities Docket on December 19, 2019, 10:42 am

Canada’s biggest provider of specialty laboratory testing services said it paid hackers an undisclosed amount for the return of personal data they stole belonging to as many as 15 million customers.

Toronto, Ontario-based LifeLabs Notified Canadian authorities of the attack on November 1. The company said a cyberattack struck computer systems that stored data for about 15 million customers. The stolen information included names, addresses, email addresses, customer logins and passwords, health card numbers, and lab tests.

via Hackers steal data for 15 million patients, then sell it back to lab that lost it | Ars Technica.

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