Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg / CancerCare Manitoba: ransomware hits facilities management systems

What happened

• Shared Health said ransomware discovered on 10 Aug 2026 affected central HVAC monitoring (systems kept running under local monitoring) and the access-card system: the HSC Security Office closed and new ID cards could not be issued. Initial review found no financial or personal health information accessed.
• Root cause / initial access: not disclosed.
• Attacker: not identified.
• Response: network secured, incident command, law enforcement notified, extra physical security.

Sources

• https://sharedhealthmb.ca/news-releases/2026-08-14-ransomware-incident-update/
• https://konbriefing.com/en-topics/cyber-attacks-canada.html

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