Some Canadian government websites taken offline due to vulnerability: Solomon
Some Government of Canada websites have been taken offline due to a vulnerability identified in the software, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Evan Solomon says. In a social media post, Solomon said this response is temporary and is only a precaution to protect government systems and Canadians’ information. The guidance came from the […]
The Government of Canada has taken some of its websites offline due to a software vulnerability, according to Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Evan Solomon. The action is described as a precautionary measure to safeguard government systems and Canadians’ personal information. The announcement was made via a social media post from Solomon.
The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security provided the guidance for this response. The Minister emphasized the seriousness of the situation and thanked the cyber security teams for their efforts to protect the services Canadians depend on. Solomon assured that affected websites will be restored once the necessary patches are applied.
The affected sites include Statistics Canada and Measurement Canada, a regulatory agency under the jurisdiction of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. The FBI's cyber division warns that the vulnerability could potentially enable malicious entities to execute malicious code remotely in the programming language, which could compromise sensitive data and networks.
The PHP Foundation, responsible for securing the programming language, has released fixes for the vulnerabilities and provided instructions on how to update systems. The information was sourced from the Canadian Press.
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