Pro-Russian hackers disrupted Canadian government websites during a visit by Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal Tuesday, but this will not weaken Ottawa's strong bond with Kyiv, said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed they'd been hacked, while a group calling itself NoName took responsibility in a post on Telegram. FILE PHOTO
The official websites of the Canadian leader and the Senate, as well as others, were down in the morning. "It's not uncommon for Russian hackers to target countries as they are showing their steadfast support for Ukraine, as they're welcoming Ukrainian delegations or leadership to visit. So the timing isn't surprising," Trudeau told a joint news conference with Shmyhal.
Robyn Hawco, a spokeswoman for the Communications Security Establishment , Canada's electronic eavesdropping agency, said in an email to AFP that an unspecified number of Canadian government websites were offline.
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