Cyber breach exposed personal data: Indigenous health authority [Video]

The First Nations Health Authority in British Columbia says online hackers gained access to an array of personal information including medical test results and insurance claims during a cybersecurity breach last May.

The health authority says it has concluded its investigation and “the impact of the cybersecurity incident is not the same for everyone.”

But in general, it says hackers gained access to information such as first and last names, home addresses, email addresses, personal health numbers, insurance claim details, and tuberculosis screening test results for certain people.

A statement from the health authority says it hired third-party cybersecurity experts to help with the investigation, which found people whose personal information may have been affected included any First Nations person with a Certificate of Indian Status card who lived or recently lived in B.C. at the time of the breach.

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