In recent times, the hackers broke into the network of Canada Ministry. The broadcasting corporation of Canada reported that emails were sent to the staff of the Ministry by the hackers that seemed to come from senior managers. When the staff opened the attachments, the hackers exploited a path into the federal network. The President of Treasury Board contended that he was not told of the breach. He expressed that upon the information given to him he was confident that the systems were shut down and important information had not been carried away and the staff continued their operations of ongoing assessment. The internet access is still restricted for the staff of the Finance Department and Treasury Board. The network of the agencies is now disconnected from the main network of the government. They have a separate computer station which is independent.

The secret spy agency of Canada has also issued warning of cyber attacks in Canada. The agency also explains that the cyber attacks are also growing extensively in the government, universities, industries, corporate world, and business houses.

Report by Sai Sushanth