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Canada Life

Disclosed May 13, 2026237,810 accountsConfirmed

Official notice

In April 2026, Canada Life was the victim of a "pay or leak" extortion campaign by the ShinyHunters group . The group subsequently published the data which contained over 200k unique email addresses along with names, phone numbers, physical addresses and, in some cases, customer support tickets. In their disclosure notice , Canada Life advised that "it is a small proportion of our customers who may have been impacted". In the wake of the incident, Canada Life also published an alert cautioning customers to be wary of phishing attacks , a pattern often seen after the public release of breached

What is known

People affected237,810 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned)
DisclosedMay 13, 2026
HappenedApr 20, 2026
AttackPhishing
Data exposedEmailsEmploymentNamesPhone numbersAddresses
SectorTech
StatusConfirmed
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Notices filed

History of this record
Added2026-09-25
First recordedby backfillSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned), confirmed by Company page. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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