Hackers hit the Canadian armed forces recruitment website on 17 November. The hacked site was reportedly redirecting users to the official home page of the Chinese government. It is still unclear if the attack compromised users’ information in any way.
A spokesperson for the Canadian defence ministry, Ashley Lemire, confirmed the attack, the Guardian reported. Upon discovery of the attack, the site was hurriedly taken down by the armed forces. At the time of writing, the Canadian military recruitment site was still down.
Canadian army spokesperson Daniel Le Bouthillier told Motherboard: “We are aware of the situation and have since taken the site down. We are investigating further and, in the meantime, will not speculate on the motivations or point of origin of the redirection.”
Reports speculated that the hackers may have used SQL injection to hack into the site. Yet another theory speculated that the attackers could have hacked the armed forces’ site by sending staff a phishing link. For the full article click here
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