Hospital Sírio-Libanês
Private hospital in São Paulo, Brazil.
Hospital Sírio-Libanês disclosed on 16 October that a 21 September attack had reached a reporting system tied to its social projects, while its main patient database and clinical care remained unaffected.
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Timeline for Hospital Sírio-Libanês
Disclosed a September breach of a social-projects system
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences: Sírio-Libanês says patient data at riskBackground
Hospital Sírio-Libanês is a private hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. It runs social projects alongside clinical care, and an internal reporting system connected to those projects became the focus of its 2026 breach disclosure.
On 16 October, the hospital said an attack on 21 September had reached that reporting system. Names, identity numbers and health data may have been exposed. Hospital Sírio-Libanês said its main patient database was untouched, and care continued. Hospital Sírio-Libanês notified Brazil's data-protection authority and federal police. The organisation also appeared on a criminal leak site.
Hospital Sírio-Libanês distinguished the compromised reporting system from its main clinical database. The disclosure described possible exposure rather than confirmed publication or misuse of the records. It did not name the criminal group behind the leak-site listing.
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