Personal health information stolen in breach at Canada's Sunnybrook hospital
Canada's Sunnybrook hospital confirmed that data, including some personal health information, had been stolen in a network breach discovered on 29 October. It is investigating who was affected and the extent of the information stolen, while patient care and hospital operations continued.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- 2026-10-29
- Scale of damage
- Data stolen, including some personal health information
- Cause / method
- Network breach
- Location
- Canada
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Timeline
- The hospital discovered a network breach.
- The hospital confirmed the theft of data including personal health information and said it was investigating who was affected and the extent of the information stolen.
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