SickKids data breach exposes employee and job applicant info
- SickKids — Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children — got clipped by a cybersecurity incident that spilled personal data on current and former staff and job applicants. The culprit: a flaw in third-party software, because nothing says "modern infrastructure" like trusting someone else's unsealed cargo. Clinical systems and patient records stayed untouched, which is the one clean PoD seal in this whole mess. Who gets hurt: employees and applicants whose info is now floating in someone else's hash manifest — prime material for phishing, identity fraud, and the kind of social engineering that almost fooled the intern. What serious readers should do: if you've ever applied to or worked at SickKids, assume your data's in transit without your consent. Rotate passwords, watch for suspicious comms, and for once — check the seals before you click. We're threadbare enough without handing over the keys ourselves. Delivery signature applied.