Security News > 2022 > January > Canada's foreign affairs ministry hacked, some services down
The Canadian government department for foreign and consular relations, Global Affairs Canada was hit by a cyberattack last week.
While critical services remain accessible, access to some online services is currently not available, as government systems continue to recover from the attack.
Global Affairs Canada systems faced a network disruption after being hit with a cyberattack last week.
In a statement today, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Shared Services Canada, and Communications Security Establishment together confirmed that a cyber incident involving Global Affairs Canada took place, sometime last week.
The Canadian government further states while critical services continue to be available via Global Affairs' online systems, "Some access to internet and internet-based services" is not available as mitigation measures have been put in place and systems undergo recovery.
Earlier this month, multiple Ukrainian government websites were defaced, including that of the country's foreign affairs ministry.