Canada's House of Commons hit by cyber-attack, staff data leaked
Canada's House of Commons was hit by a cyber-attack and staff information was leaked. The attack exploited a Microsoft vulnerability. The House of Commons launched an investigation into the data leak.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- House of Commons of Canada
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Staff information
- Cause / method
- Attack exploiting a Microsoft vulnerability
- Location
- Canada
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Timeline
- The cyber-attack on Canada's House of Commons and the investigation into the data leak were made public.
- The leak of staff information and the exploitation of a Microsoft vulnerability came to light.
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