Canadian Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney says no personal information was compromised in Wednesday afternoon’s cyberattack that crashed federal government websites and e-mail for nearly two hours.
It was the most high-profile cyberattack in Canada since Chinese state-backed hackers broke into the National Research Council last year.
A cyber vigilante group know as Anonymous took credit for the attack, saying it was a protest against the recent passage of a federal anti-terrorism bill known as C-61.
The group has carried out several other cyberattacks against governments, corporations and individuals in the name of free speech, Internet liberties and anti-capitalist causes.
The government announced $58 million this year’s federal budget to improve Ottawa’s cyber security and guard against future attack.
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