Tens of thousands of Canada Revenue Agency taxpayer accounts hacked, fraudulent refunds paid
Tens of thousands of taxpayer accounts at the Canada Revenue Agency were hacked. The agency repeatedly paid out millions of dollars in bogus refunds. The exact date of the hacking, intrusion method and response measures have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Canada Revenue Agency
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Tens of thousands of taxpayer accounts hacked and millions of dollars in fraudulent refunds
- Cause / method
- Hacking of taxpayer accounts
- Location
- Canada
Timeline
- The hacking of tens of thousands of Canada Revenue Agency taxpayer accounts and repeated fraudulent refunds worth millions of dollars were reported.
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