SickKids children’s hospital bandages up careers website after intruder breaks in
REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); The hospital did not comment on the scale of the breach, but said those affected will be offered the usual identity and credit monitoring services.“Our review of the impacted information is ongoing. Individuals determined to have been impacted will be notified directly, though, out of an abundance of caution, all potentially impacted individuals have been alerted and offered 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services. “Safeguarding the privacy and security of personal information is a responsibility SickKids takes seriously.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); The hospital did not comment on the scale of the breach, but said those affected will be offered the usual identity and credit monitoring ser
- ▪Individuals determined to have been impacted will be notified directly, though, out of an abundance of caution, all potentially impacted individuals have been alerted and offered 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity pro
- ▪“Safeguarding the privacy and security of personal information is a responsibility SickKids takes seriously.
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| Canonical URL | https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/08/21/sickkids-childrens-hospital-bandages-up-careers-website-after-intruder-breaks-in/5291098 |
| Publication time | Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:45:00 +0200 |
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); cybercrime SickKids children’s hospital bandages up careers website after intruder breaks in Toronto org says it wasn’t the only one to be affected by the third-party software vulnerability Connor Jones Connor Jones Cybersecurity reporter Published fri 21 Aug 2026 // 16:45 UTC Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, commonly referred to as SickKids, says the data of current and former staff, as well as job applicants, was exposed after an intruder exploited a security flaw in a third-party…
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