SickKids responding to cybersecurity ‘incident’ which compromised some employee info
2026-08-20 from ctvnews.ca
The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto says a recent cybersecurity “incident” resulted in unauthorized access to the personal information of some of its current and former employees.
In an email to CTV News, SickKids confirmed the breach, which it said temporarily affected its external careers website. That website has since been restored.
A spokesperson said that the hospital’s clinical systems and patient information were not affected.
The incident is believed to be linked to a “vulnerability” in a third-party software application used by SickKids and other unnamed organizations, the hospital went on to say.
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