Global Affairs Canada is scrambling to recover after a multi-day network disruption that security and government sources describe as a “cyber attack

Global Affairs Canada suffers ‘cyber attack’ amid Russia-Ukraine tensions: sources

submited by
Style Pass
2022-01-25 08:00:07

Global Affairs Canada is scrambling to recover after a multi-day network disruption that security and government sources describe as a “cyber attack.”

While neither Global Affairs nor Canada’s cyber security agency, the Communications Security Establishment, could immediately comment, sources tell Global News the government is concerned the attack was conducted by Russia or Russian-backed hackers.

Read more: NATO beefing up presence amid Russian threats as chief vows to ‘defend all allies’

“GAC has been the target of a cyber attack but it is not clear if the Russians, the alleged perpetrators, hacked into the system or were able to merely disrupt its service,” a national security source, who spoke on the condition they not be named, told Global News.

The Liberal government has been vocal in its support for Ukraine as Russia masses troops on the former Soviet state’s borders, with Ottawa announcing a $120 million loan to the Ukrainian government last week and re-committing Canadian soldiers to train Kyiv’s security forces.

Leave a Comment