Canadian Federal Police Hit By Cyberattack, No Impact On Operation

Royal Canadian Mounted Police has launched an investigation into cyberattacks. (photo; x @cbcwatcher)

JAKARTA - Canadian federal police announced on Friday, February 23, that their system was the target of "amazing" cyberattacks. However, there has been no impact on operations and no known threat to Canadian safety.

"The situation is growing rapidly but at the moment, there is no impact on the RCMP operation and no known threat to the safety and security of Canadians," Royal Canadian spokesman Mounted Police told reporters on Friday afternoon.

"Although this magnitude of violations is worrying, the fast work and mitigation strategies implemented show significant steps taken by RCMP to detect and prevent this type of threat," the spokesman added.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police said they had launched an investigation into the attack and were trying to determine the extent of the breach, adding that no known impact on intelligence services was made. Further details are also not immediately known.

The Canadian government said last month that its foreign affairs department had data breaches, and that there had been unauthorized access to users' personal information including employees.

Canada's Global Affairs said at the time that it had activated unplanned IT disruption on January 24 to "handling the discovery of malicious cyber activity."

Canada's Defense Minister, Anita Anand, said last year that critical state infrastructure is increasingly being targeted for cyberattacks, which is a significant threat to the world's fourth largest crude oil producing country.