Websites for Yukon, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island and Nunavut were all inaccessible throughout the day Thursday. P.E.I. and Yukon said cyberattacks were behind their shutdowns.

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    1 year ago

    What’s the point of going after Yukon and possibly Nunavut? That’s either clueless or just stupid by the hackers.

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      1 year ago

      well…not really… see government computers are all interconnected and they were likely going for an underfunded sections of the interprovincal network

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        1 year ago

        Can confirm they are not interconnected. It’s not a cabal.

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        1 year ago

        Laughably incorrect. The overwhelming majority of government systems DO NOT talk to each other.

        People are so confident that they know how their government works and it’s precisely this reason why they vote for self destructive policy.