unknown hackers using Chinese server penetrate Canadian governmental computers

Highly placed sources tell CBC News the cyberattacks were traced back to computer servers in China.

But they caution there is no way of knowing whether the hackers are Chinese, or some other nationality routing their cybercrimes through China to cover their tracks.

The government initially issued a terse statement, passing it off as merely an “attempt to access” federal networks, and has refused to release any further information.

But sources have confirmed the attackers successfully penetrated the computer systems at the federal government’s two main economic nerve centres, the Finance Department and Treasury Board.


The hackers apparently managed to take control of computers in the offices of senior government executives as part of a scheme to steal the key passwords that unlock entire government data systems.

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