http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/cyber-attack-hits-ottawa-probe-focuses-on-ip-addresses-from-china/article1910769/ By Bill Curry and Colin Freeze OTTAWA and TORONTO Globe and Mail Feb. 16, 2011 A number of federal departments are struggling to deal with an outside cyber attack -- including at the Department of Finance where officials are busy working on next month’s budget. According to senior federal officials, an attack that first became public at Treasury Board earlier this month also hit elsewhere in the federal public service, including Finance. An investigation into the attack is focused on Chinese IP addresses. The officials also told The Globe and Mail that this isn’t the first time Ottawa has had to deal with this type of attack. A spokesman for Treasury Board President Stockwell Day confirmed the department detected an “unauthorized attempt” to access its computer networks. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Wed Feb 16 2011 - 23:42:02 PST
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