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Canada Life data breach (2026)

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.

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237.8K
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Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2026-04-20, Canada Life was affected by a data breach. Approximately 237,810 accounts were exposed. 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.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#CanadaLife
  2. canadalife.comhttps://canadalife.com

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