Nova Scotia Estimates up to 100,000 People Affected by Online Security Breach

Nova Scotia Estimates up to 100,000 People Affected by Online Security Breach
LeBlanc speaks during a news conference at Province House in Halifax on Mar. 22, 2023. The Canadian Press/Lyndsay Armstrong
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Nova Scotia’s minister of cybersecurity estimates that 100,000 people have had personal information stolen as a result of a privacy breach to a third-party file transfer system used by the province.
Colton LeBlanc says a government investigation indicates social insurance numbers, addresses and banking information of current employees of the public service, including Nova Scotia Health and the IWK hospital, were taken.