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May 15, 2017 Verified Sensitive Record Telecommunications

Bell Canada May 2017 Data Incident

The May 2017 Bell Canada data incident is a telecommunications and data corpus separate from Bell’s 2014 and 2018 events.

2.2 Million
Reported Records
10
Data Types
Critical
Severity
Yes
Verification

Exposed Data Types

10
Email addresses
Geographic locations
IP addresses
Job titles
Names
Password or passcode-like information with unresolved representation
Phone numbers
Spoken languages
Survey results
Usernames

Additional Information

Added DateMay 16, 2017
Breach DateMay 15, 2017
Domainbell.ca
SourceAuthenticated Bell Canada 2017 corpus and telecommunications reporting
Last Content UpdateJuly 29, 2026

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Company Information

Company NameBell Canada
SectorTelecommunications
CountryCanada
Websitebell.ca

Risk Level

Critical

The reported impact exceeds 1 million and falls within the critical severity band.

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