Security Breach Exposes Patient Data In Canada
A security breach affecting an unknown number of Canadian citizens came to light last week in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador when a consultant for the Provincial Public Health Laboratory took a laptop containing patient health information home.
The consultant was contacted by a person who identified himself as a representative of a computer security company and who claimed that he was able to access to data on the laptop through the consultant's home Internet connection.
"On Tuesday evening of this week, there was a security breach that exposed the confidential information of some patients whose test results are held by our Provincial Public Health Laboratory," said Jerome Kennedy, Minster of Justice and Attorney General, in a statement on Friday. "This is a very serious matter that required immediate action."
