The cyberattack throttling Newfoundland healthcare

Program Title: The cyberattack throttling Newfoundland healthcare
Description: Since the end of October, a cyberattack on the health-care system in Newfoundland and Labrador has caused thousands of delays and cancellations for services.

Patients have missed appointments and procedures that include chemotherapy. With their IT networks knocked out, facilities resorted to pen and paper. The CEO of a cybersecurity firm in Fredericton, David Shipley, called it “the worst cyber attack in Canadian history.”

Disruptions to health services are easing. But while Newfoundland now confirms that both patient and employee data have been stolen, the province is still offering little information on the attack. Today on Front Burner, CBC St. John’s reporter Peter Cowan joins us to explain what this attack was, why the province isn’t saying more, and why health breaches like this are happening so often.

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