By CKOM News Staff

Sask. privacy commissioner looking into LifeLabs breach

Dec 19, 2019 | 5:26 PM

The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Saskatchewan is launching an investigation into the cyberattack on LifeLabs.

In a media release Thursday, Ronald J. Kruzeniski said the health-care information of about 93,000 Saskatchewan residents may have been accessed in the hack of the laboratory testing company.

On Dec. 13, LifeLabs reported its system had been hacked. Four days later, the company said personal information of about 15 million LifeLabs customers in Canada — mostly in Ontario and British Columbia — may have been accessed.

The affected systems contain information such as name, address, email, customer logins and passwords, health card numbers, and lab tests.

The information and privacy commissioners from B.C., and Ontario also are looking into the hack.

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“The IPC investigation will, among other things, examine the scope of the breach, the circumstances leading to it, and what, if any, measures LifeLabs could have taken to prevent and contain the breach,” Kruzeniski said in the release.

“My office will also investigate ways LifeLabs can help ensure the future security of personal information and avoid further attacks.”

To find out more about the breach, members of the public are advised to visit the LifeLabs website. They also can call the company (1-888-918-0467) or Kruzeniski’s office (306-787-0488 or 1-877-748-2298).