Golf Canada data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the May 2026 breach of Golf Canada. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Golf Canada data breach exposed 568,972 accounts from golfcanada.ca in May 2026. The data taken includes usernames, dates of birth, names and email addresses and 2 more kinds of data.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 22 Aug 2026, 3 months later. It is the 467th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Golf Canada’s breach included 6 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Usernames | Half of a login. With a reused password, it opens other accounts. |
| Dates of birth | Used to prove who you are to banks and phone companies. |
| Names | Makes scam messages personal enough to believe. |
| Email addresses | Expect scam emails that name the company to look genuine. |
| Genders | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
| Geographic locations | Roughly where you live. |
What to do
- Check whether you’re in it.Search your email address on Have I Been Pwned. It tells you which breaches it appears in, Golf Canada among them, without showing the data.
- Turn on two-step sign-in.On Golf Canada (golfcanada.ca) and your email, so leaked sign-in details aren’t enough on their own.
- Distrust messages that mention Golf Canada.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
Timeline
- : the breach, as best it can be dated.
- : Have I Been Pwned verifies the data and adds it to its search, 3 months later.
- : the entry was last updated.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- JCPenney, June 2026, 368,418 accounts
- University of Nottingham, June 2026, 454,635 accounts
- Thermomix Recipe World Forum, January 2025, 3.1 million accounts
- Dragonica Lunaris, December 2025, 126,293 accounts
- Liker, March 2021, 465,141 accounts
- Flat Earth Sun, Moon and Zodiac App, October 2024, 33,294 accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Golf Canada”, Have I Been Pwned, added 22 Aug 2026. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- golfcanada.ca, Golf Canada’s website