Nipigon District Memorial Hospital
CriticalConfirmedHealthcare
Nipigon District Memorial Hospital, a public healthcare facility in the municipality of Nipigon (Ontario, Canada), was hit by a ransomware attack targeting its IT systems, disclosed in mid-September 2026. The hospital declared a cybersecurity incident at the level of a 'code grey' and some patient services may have been affected. According to Nipigon's mayor, hospital files that may contain personal information and personal health information were encrypted by the malware. The number of people affected and the precise nature of the data involved have not been disclosed at this stage.
- Disclosed on
- September 16, 2026
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Country
- Canada
- Cause
- Ransomware
Exposed data
- Health data
- Other personal data
You are only affected if you had an account or an order with this organisation.
What you can do
- Health data is “special category” data under the GDPR: a leak opens a right to compensation, and the organisation must notify the DPA within 72 hours.
- You can ask the organisation exactly what was exposed about you (right of access), and complain to the DPA if no answer comes within a month.
Sources
- Canada: Nipigon hospital hit by ransomware attackDataBreaches.net
- Code grey notice - cybersecurity incidentNipigon District Memorial Hospital (Facebook)
- Cybersecurity incident updateNipigon District Memorial Hospital (Facebook)
- Canada: Nipigon hospital hit by ransomware attackMalware News
- Nipigon hospital hit by ransomware attackHackNotice
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