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Lawsuit Launched Against LifeLabs

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A proposed class-action lawsuit against LifeLabs has been launched over its privacy breach.

The personal information from as many as 15-million Canadians may have been accessed in a cyber-attack the company admitted to last week.

The legal firm behind the lawsuit says the full extent of the breach is not fully known and LifeLabs has not directly notified affected patients.

The allegations still need to be proven before a court.

The LifeLabs side of the Dingwall Clinic in Dryden opened in 2017 so it is unlikely Dryden customers are affected by access to lab results.

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Cyber-Attack On LifeLabs Steals Health Information

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If you had diagnostic tests at LifeLabs in 2016 or earlier, your information could have been accessed in a recent cyber-attack.

That could include your name, address, email, login, passwords, date of birth, health card number and lab test results.

The attack affected around 85,000 people in Ontario. LifeLabs is apologizing to those who were affected, and says the risk to customers is low. They haven’t seen anyone’s information leaked publicly after the attack, and will contact you directly if you were affected.

The company says they have already fixed the issues with their systems that allowed someone to break into their records. That included beefing up their security and making a payment to retrieve the data, under the guidance of experts familiar with cyber-criminals.

The LifeLabs side of the Dingwall Clinic in Dryden opened in 2017 so it is unlikely Dryden customers are affected by access to lab results.