Saskatchewan health system hit with ransomware attack

The Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner announced eHealth Saskatchewan, the Saskatchewan Health Authority and the Ministry of Health endured a ransomware attack involving systems holding about 50 million files. The IPC reported scans of the affected databases show approximately 5.5 million files may have contained personal information. In addition to finding the three entities had insufficient data safeguards, the IPC alleges they did not report the breach in a timely manner or properly respond to early threats.