Canadian Government

Pierluigi Paganini February 12, 2024
Canada Gov plans to ban the Flipper Zero to curb car thefts

The Canadian government is going to ban the tool Flipper Zero because it is abused by crooks to steal vehicles in the country. The Canadian government announced that it plans to ban the tool Flipper Zero, and similar hacking devices, to curb the surge in car thefts. Flipper Zero is a portable multi-tool for pentesters […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2023
Canadian government impacted by data breaches of two of its contractors

The Canadian government discloses a data breach after threat actors hacked two of its contractors.  The Canadian government declared that two of its contractors,Brookfield Global Relocation Services (BGRS) and SIRVA Worldwide Relocation & Moving Services, have been hacked, resulting in the exposure of sensitive information belonging to an undisclosed number of government employees.  Data belonging […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2020
Thousands of Canadian government accounts hacked, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat say

The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat confirmed that thousands of user accounts for online Canadian government services were recently hacked. According to a press release issued by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, thousands of user accounts for online government services were recently hacked. The hackers targeted the GCKey service with credential stuffing attacks, the service […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2015
#OpC51 Anonymous hit systems at Canadian Government

Anonymous claimed responsibility for running DDoS attacks on Canadian government systems against the approval of anti-terror law C-51. An ongoing cyber attack is targeting systems of the Canadian Government, including Government websites and email systems. The cyber attack started a few days after members of the Canadian parliament were warned of an impending attack. The […]