high severity January 14, 2026 · 1 min read

Canadian Investment Regulatory Org (CIRO) 750K — January 2026

If you have an account with Canadian Investment Regulatory Org (CIRO), here’s what’s now in circulation.

The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) disclosed a phishing-vector breach affecting ~750,000 investor records in January 2026.

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The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) disclosed a phishing-vector breach affecting ~750,000 investor records in January 2026. Investor records combined with contact details enable targeted advisor-impersonation scams.

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Canadian investors: change passwords on every brokerage account
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value redacted in this samplephone, household, property recordsBeenVerified

value redacted in this sample637 companies checked

Found in breach recordsverifiedreported — unverified

Each record is labeled: confirmed breach data, or an attacker’s claim no one has verified.

verifiedvalue redacted in this samplepassword + phone · 2024telecom breach

unverifiedvalue redacted in this sampleclaimed in ransomware listing · 2026leak-site claim

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Canadian Investment Regulatory Org (CIRO) is one breach. Your email is probably in others.

~750,000 accounts were exposed here. We can’t confirm any single incident against the sources we search, so we won’t pretend to — what we can show you is your own exposure: every leak and listing tied to your email, in about 15 seconds. No account, no card.

Report details & sourcing

Severity High

Disclosed January 14, 2026

Last reviewed July 22, 2026

Affected ~750,000

Data exposed Investor recordsContact detailsCompliance documentation

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GalaxyWarden is a breach-monitoring service and news aggregator. We do not exfiltrate, host, purchase, or redistribute stolen data. Breach information is compiled from publicly accessible sources and threat-intelligence platforms, and is reported as claims attributed to their source. We promptly correct or remove material shown to be inaccurate — see our content & takedown policy or write to support@galaxywarden.com.

Sources: CIRO public notice (Jan 2026)

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