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42:59Now PlayingA data breach at B.C’s Interior Health means thousands of employees’ information is for sale on the dark web. Health-care workers’ identities are repeatedly stolen; the agency denies it ever happened.
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The Denial Machine
producer/director
Harvey Cashore
writer
Mark Kelley
investigative journalist
Eva Uguen-Csenge
additional research
Grant LaFleche
Kate Zieman
video editor
Loretta Hicks
senior videographer
Jonathan Castell
principal photography
Ousama Farag
additional photography
Tom Popyk
Rod Romanow
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Global News
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Interior Health
YOUTUBE
visual research
Leslie Morrison
graphic designers
Daniel Rofusz
Froi Untalasco
post audio
Ron Searles
colourist
Scott McIntyre
special thanks
CBC Edmonton
CBC Kelowna
CBC Victoria
Jay Bertagnolli
Christine Coulter
Emily Fagan
Emily Fitzpatrick
Dana Kelly
Katie DeRosa
Dan Zakreski
Charles Rusnell
rollout producer
Laura Thompson
social media producers
Alex Midgal
Britt Purdy
Brian Vinh Trinh
digital producer
Janet Davison
media management
Laurel Robinson
resource coordinators
Marc Cormier
Dragan Maricic
associate director
Carmen Smith
packaging editor
Alessia Protomanni
coordinating associate director
Jane Wilson
senior producer
Emmanuel Marchand
executive producer
Allya Davidson
original broadcast
October 10, 2025
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