Canadian Government Services Face Cyberattack

Canadian Government Services Face Cyberattack



According to BleepingComputer, the Office of the Chief Information Office of Government of Canada has admitted that its online portal, GCKey, had fallen victim to a cyberattack. This portal allows the public to gain access to numerous government services, not least services for immigration, taxes, benefits. The attack was supposedly an attempt to steal COVID-19 relief payments. Through ‘credential stuffing’, 9,041 GCKey out of 12 million accounts were accessed by hackers.



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