Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-12-17 00:00:00
Affected organization: LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services
Affected country: Canada
Industry: Health Care and Social Assistance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services, Canada's largest lab testing company, reveals to have paid a ransom after a major cyberattack led to the theft of lab results for 85,000 Ontarians and potentially the personal information of 15 million customers.