Saskatoon London Drugs stores could be open again soon after ‘cybersecurity incident’ [Video]

Saskatoon’s three London Drugs locations are set to re-open soon, one week after a data breach shut down stores across western Canada.

The retail and pharmacy chain closed all of its 79 locations across British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba on April 28 in response to a “cybersecurity incident.”

Phone lines to its stores were out of service for several days as part of the investigation into the incident, but were restored by Wednesday.

In a news release on Saturday, the company said it was beginning a gradual re-opening of stores, that its phone lines were open and pharmacists were standing by at all London Drugs stores to meet urgent care needs.

“As we have communicated over the last couple of days, our store systems are complex and connect with multiple third-party provider systems, all with different requirements,” the company said in a statement through a third-party public relations firm.

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