'Social insurance numbers were stolen': B.C. Government on Interior Health breach

Identities stolen after Interior Health data breach

Personal employee information stolen during a data breach at Interior Health has been used to hack CRA accounts and steal identities.

B.C. health minister forced to address years-old data breach after investigation

In the legislature Tuesday, the minister of health addressed a data breach that targeted thousands of B.C. health-care workers.

'Social insurance numbers were stolen': B.C. Government on Interior Health breach

Questions of Interior Health data breach discussed in B.C. Legislature on April 15

Employee's personal data stolen from B.C Interior Health Authority

A report from CBC's "The Fifth Estate" uncovered a data breach, where thousands of employees' personal information had been leaked.

Bad News For Canadian Tax Payers: CRA Accounts Hacked Massive Data Breach Exposes Over 28,000 Social Insurance Numbers

A devastating data breach involving British Columbia’s Interior Health Authority has exposed the personal information of over 28,000 current and former employees, leading to hacked CRA accounts, stolen identities, and bogus tax returns filed across Alberta. This alarming breach includes home addresses, birth dates, and social insurance numbers of individuals employed between 2003 and 2009, and has already been linked to widespread fraudulent act…

CRA accounts hacked after 28,000 social insurance numbers stolen

Nurse Leslie Warner will always remember the day she was taken to her local RCMP detachment in Fernie, B.C., where she faced charges related to a social security fraud scheme originating from Alberta. She recounts the experience of being fingerprinted and having her photograph taken. ‘I thought to myself: ‘Oh my God, this is identity theft,’ Warner recalls expressing to ...