Cyber attacks

Statistics Canada website down as internet hit by millions of hack attempts

Global News22 October 2026, 14:26 UTCCanada

Several government websites were still down Thursday morning at the same time a worldwide coding vulnerability has opened the door to millions of reported hack attempts.

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