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\u2018Cheap shot\u2019: N.L. officials apologize after health care cybersecurity test went horribly wrong \u2013 CP24<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/canada\/2026\/06\/21\/cheap-shot-nl-officials-apologize-after-health-care-cybersecurity-test-went-horribly-wrong\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-21 05:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. Health care workers in N.L. thought their employer was giving them an extra day off. \u2014 Turns out, it was just a cybersecurity testST. JOHN\u2019S – Union leaders in Newfoundland and Labrador say a \u201ccruel\u201d cybersecurity test has outraged health-care workers across the province and may push some to an early exit.Thousands of nurses, doctors and other workers at Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services (NLHS) received emails from the employer on Tuesday, promising an extra paid day off in recognition of recent hard work \u2014 only to learn later that the email was a phishing cybersecurity test, designed to trick employees.\u201cIt was actually insulting, degrading, disrespectful,\u201d said Yvette Coffey, head of the Registered Nurses Union in Newfoundland and Labrador. \u201cOur members are mad and so am I.\u201dOfficials at Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services have publicly apologized for the email. Ron Johnson, the health board\u2019s interim CEO said Wednesday, that authorities would begin to investigate how the email was sent \u2014 and whether it was written by NLHS staff or a contractor at Ernst & Young.Ron Johnson Ron Johnson, Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services interim CEO \u201cThis really missed a mark,\u201d Johnson told reporters. \u201cWhat happened here, obviously, is that all the lenses that were required to review the scenario weren\u2019t placed on it.\u201d\u201cIt\u2019s not reflective of how we value our employees.\u201dFrustrations were already high inside the health-care system in Newfoundland and Labrador according to Coffey, because of a stressful rollout of a new health information system and software back-end called \u201cCorCare.\u201dCoffey said her members were working mandatory overtime and were denied leave in the run-up to CorCare\u2019s launch this spring.\u201cAll that stress, all that mandatory overtime, and to then try to hook staff with the promise of a day off?\u201d said Coffey.\u201cIt was a cheap shot at our members.\u201dThe email promised \u201cone additional paid day off\u201d in recognition of the work that had gone into the CorCare transition. It asked employees to register for the \u201cJune Holiday,\u201d that was purportedly available to all NLHS employees.June Day phishing email About “June Day” phishing email sent to Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services employees. (Garrett Barry\/CTV News) \u201cIt recognizes the work employees have carried through a significant period of change,\u201d the email read.The email was sent to NLHS staff from an outside domain: remailmail.com \u2018I was left feeling foolish\u2019Cybersecurity training has taken centre stage inside health-care bodies in Newfoundland and Labrador, after a cyber attack in 2021 took certain health-care computer systems offline for months.A provincial investigation found a hacker with Hive ransomware group, used a stolen password to access health authority systems. The group stole health information from the system.Jerry Earle, president of Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE) said Thursday, that he has received correspondence from at least one health-care specialist who has decided to leave work after the incident.\u201cEmployees are stressed to the max,\u201d he said. \u201cThis may be the straw that broke the back for many.\u201d\u201cI\u2019ve heard from some already, said \u2018I could have retired six months ago, if this is the way my employer is going to respect me, I\u2019m out of there.\u2019\u201dUnion officials shared feedback from frontline health-care workers who wrote to their union representatives about how hurtful the exercise was.\u201cI was one of the people who clicked the link. When I first read the email, I teared up. For a moment, I felt like our hard work and dedication were finally being recognized,\u201d one union member wrote. \u201cInstead, I was left feeling foolish\u201dCoffey said the health board should make good on the phony promise and give employees a day off.
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