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Canada taxpayer data stolen in Heartbleed breach

14

Apr

2014

Canadas tax-collection agency reported on Monday that the private information of some 900 people had been stolen from its computer systems as a result of vulnerabilities caused by the Heartbleed bug. The breach allowed someone to extract social insurance numbers, which are used for employment and gaining access to government benefits, and possibly some other […]

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‘Heartbleed’ Vulnerability Plugs Canada Tax Filing Website at Crunch Time

10

Apr

2014

Flaw Plugs Canada Tax Filing Website at Crunch Time OTTAWA – Canada’s tax agency shuttered its website Wednesday after warning that encrypted taxpayer data could be vulnerable to the “Heartbleed” bug. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) said the decision, which comes only three weeks before the annual income tax filing deadline, was taken as a […]

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E-filing of Canadian taxes shut down because of Heartbleed bug

09

Apr

2014

Right in the heart of tax-filing season, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) shut down access to online tax services on Wednesday because of an Internet bug that has made data on many of the world’s major websites vulnerable to theft by hackers. “We have received information concerning an Internet security vulnerability named the Heartbleed Bug,” […]

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‘Heartbleed’ Vulnerability Plugs Canada Tax Filing Website at Crunch Time

E-filing of Canadian taxes shut down because of Heartbleed bug

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