British Columbia's First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) announced a “cybersecurity incident” involving the personal information of some employees and others.
FNHA said in a statement on Monday, May 13, that it had discovered “unusual activity” on its corporate network.
“We took immediate action to investigate this activity and intercepted the organization that had unauthorized access to our corporate network,” FNHA said in a statement.
Health officials said they took immediate steps to prevent further access by “unauthorized parties.” Immediate response revealed that health authorities' servers and systems were not encrypted.
FNHA said it has also hired third-party cybersecurity experts to help remediate the incident and conduct a forensic investigation.
“We have also reported this incident to law enforcement and the British Columbia Information and Privacy Commissioner's Office,” the company said.
The investigation is still in its early stages, but they say they are aware that some information was leaked.
“FNHA has found evidence that certain employee information and limited personal information of others has been affected,” it said. “FNHA has taken, and continues to take, immediate steps to issue necessary notices and provide other assistance to affected individuals.”
Authorities don't know if the incident affected any clinical information systems they use, or if it's linked to other cyber incidents in B.C.
Last month, London Drugs also suffered a cybersecurity incident, now confirmed to be a ransomware attack, that forced the company to close all of its stores in Western Canada.
British Columbia Public Services also said earlier this month that a “provincial or provincially-sponsored actor” was behind a cyber attack on provincial government networks.
