U of Calgary warns patients after computer virus hits medical records
Thousands of patients at a University of Calgary clinic are being warned their personal health information could have been compromised after viruses infected a medical computer.
Two types of viruses — one that can shut down a computer, the other that allows hackers to remotely control or access information — attacked the computer at the U of C’s Sunridge Medical Clinic, said Dr. Cathy MacLean, head of the department of family medicine.
The university doesn’t have any evidence the information was actually used for unauthorized purposes, such as identity theft, MacLean said. She doesn’t believe the university was targeted. The idea of private patient information being exposed to unauthorized people, however, is a concern, MacLean added.
