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Ministry of Health

Ministry of Health Data Breach (2017)

Ministry of Health

lowVERIS
Disclosed

January 1, 2017

3372 days ago

Records

7.5K

Confirmed

Root Cause

Hacking

Industry

Government

Description

The personal information of approximately 7,500 British Columbians may have been compromised through the provincial government's PharmaNet system, according to the Ministry of Health. A letter from the ministry was sent last week to B.C residents affected by the breach. The letter says an "unknown/unauthorized person obtained and used a physician's login to access PharmaNet."