Lifelabs privacy breach: should the company have paid the ransom?

Cyber security experts say the recent data hack at LifeLabs shows the health-care industry is a prize target for criminals.

One of Canada's largest medical services companies revealed yesterday that hackers accessed the personal information of up to 15-million customers, almost all in Ontario and British Columbia.

LifeLabs paid a ransom to retrieve and secure the data.

Experts say health care companies are often willing to pay a ransom rather than face the potential for a disruption that could have serious medical consequences.

Guest: Thomas Keenan

University of Calgary

Cyber security experts say the recent data hack at LifeLabs shows the health-care industry is a prize target for criminals.

One of Canada's largest medical services companies revealed yesterday that hackers accessed the personal information of up to 15-million customers, almost all in Ontario and British Columbia.

LifeLabs paid a ransom to retrieve and secure the data.

Experts say health care companies are often willing to pay a ransom rather than face the potential for a disruption that could have serious medical consequences.

Guest: Thomas Keenan

University of Calgary