Public dental benefits administrator Alberta Dental Service Corp. announced a data breach affecting approximately 1.47 million individuals, CBC reports. A ransomware attack of the government-backed ADSC involved access to names, addresses and personal banking information of at least 7,300 individuals. The system vulnerability spanned 7 May-9 July, according to ADSC, which said hackers "accessed and copied certain data from our network before deploying the malware."
11 Aug. 2023
Nearly 1.5M individuals swept up in Alberta dental benefits provider breach
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