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CRA TAKES DOWN ONLINE SERVICES AMID CYBERSECURITY THREAT

Anthony Vasquez-Peddie CTVNews.ca writer

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Published Saturday, December 11, 2021 3:44PM EST

The Canada Revenue Agency headquarters in Ottawa is shown on Nov. 4, 2011. THE
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Canadians attempting to log in to the Canada Revenue Agency's (CRA) online
services Saturday were met with a "systems maintenance" notice instead.

Access to the country's tax and benefits agency was taken offline on Friday
after the CRA became aware of a cybersecurity vulnerability affecting
organizations around the globe.

"There is currently no indication that CRA systems have been compromised, or
that there has been unauthorized access to taxpayer information because of this
vulnerability," the agency said in a statement.




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The CRA said it's working to secure its systems against potential threats, and
online services will resume as soon as possible.

The agency didn't specify the source of the problem, but a critical
vulnerability in a widely used software tool was recently made public.

The flaw in the software, used across industry and government alike, could
potentially grant criminals, spies and even programming novices easy access to
internal networks where they can loot valuable data, plant malware, erase
crucial information and much more.

At least one other public agency in Canada also responded by temporarily taking
down online services.

Ontario's Metrolinx took down GO Transit's online services Friday night after a
warning from the federal government about a cybersecurity vulnerability.

Services resumed Saturday afternoon after a 17-hour outage. Metrolinx said it
upgraded security to protect it from the vulnerability and that no customer,
personal or financial files were compromised.

With files from CP24's Kerrisa Wilson and The Associated Press


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