Thousands of Canadians affected by recent cyberattacks on the Canada Revenue Agency and federal government computer systems could be vulnerable to other attacks, warn cybersecurity and privacy experts. CRA response to hackingThe advice comes after the federal government admitted Monday that hackers accessed the Canada Revenue Agency or GCKey accounts of an estimated 11,200 Canadians in recent days. The hackers were able to do things like change bank account information and apply for government benefits, posing as the owner of the account. 1:30Using the same password for their CRA account that they used for the account that was compromised allowed hackers to get in, he explained. Dark web accountsGhorbani said there are an estimated 5 billion compromised accounts out there in the dark web for hackers to use or buy.

Source: CBC News August 18, 2020 08:00 UTC