ShinyHunters Claims Canada Life Exposed 5.6 Million Salesforce Records
Summary
ShinyHunters claims Canada Life's Salesforce held over 5.6 million records containing PII and threatens to leak them unless paid by April 21, 2026. The monitoring post says the claim is unconfirmed.
Key points
- The post attributes an extortion claim against The Canada Life Assurance Company to ShinyHunters.
- The group claims more than 5.6 million Salesforce records containing PII were compromised; the post says it cannot confirm the claim.
- The claim reportedly threatens a leak unless payment is made by April 21, 2026, and also warns of possible digital disruption.
- The post was updated April 18, 2026, and identifies ransomware.live as the monitoring service.
Article Details
- Victim
- The Canada Life Assurance Company
- Victim Domain
- canadalife.com
- Exfiltration Status
- ShinyHunters claims the records were compromised; exfiltration is not independently confirmed.
- Exfiltrated Data
- Over 5.6 million Salesforce records containing PII are claimed to have been compromised. The group threatened to leak the data.
- Exfiltrated Size
- Over 5.6 million Salesforce records (group claim; unverified).
- Ransom Demand
- Pay or Leak; no payment amount is disclosed. The group set a 21 April 2026 deadline to make contact.
- Leak Status
- Leak threatened; no publication is confirmed in the source.