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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday December 19 2019, @03:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the blood-money dept.

Canada's biggest provider of specialty laboratory testing services said it paid hackers an undisclosed amount for the return of personal data they stole belonging to as many as 15 million customers.
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The incident response, company President and CEO Charles Brown said in a statement, included "retrieving the data by making a payment." The executive added: "We did this in collaboration with experts familiar with cyber-attacks and negotiations with cyber criminals." The statement didn't say how much LifeLabs paid for the return of the data. Representatives didn't immediately respond to an email seeking the amount.
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The LifeLabs statement said that company officials have fixed the system that led to the breach. The company is providing a year of free identity theft monitoring and identity theft insurance. Affected customers can sign up for the help here.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/12/clinical-lab-pays-hackers-for-the-return-of-d


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by darkfeline on Thursday December 19 2019, @09:13AM (1 child)

    by darkfeline (1030) on Thursday December 19 2019, @09:13AM (#934136) Homepage

    This sounds like an idea for a new industry. We will hack into your computer and back up your data for you, just pay us if you need the data back.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 19 2019, @02:31PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 19 2019, @02:31PM (#934205)

    This devious thought is how cloud computing for john doe came to be.