Thousands of Canadian government accounts hacked

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TORONTO, CANADA (AFP) - Thousands of user accounts for online government services in Canada were recently hacked during cyber attacks, authorities said on Saturday (Aug 15).. Read more at straitstimes.com.

TORONTO, CANADA - Thousands of user accounts for online government services in Canada were recently hacked during cyber attacks, authorities said on Saturday .

The passwords and usernames of 9,041 GCKey account holders"were acquired fraudulently and used to try and access government services", the authorities said.About 5,500 Canada Revenue Agency accounts were targeted in this and another attack, the authorities said, adding that access to these accounts has been suspended to protect taxpayer information.

 

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