Share this Story: CRA suspends about 800,000 taxpayers' accounts after login credentials found on dark webCRA suspends about 800,000 taxpayers' accounts after login credentials found on dark web If you are one of the impacted taxpayers, you can expect to receive either an email or a letter beginning Saturday with instructions on how to regain safe access Photo by GRAHAM HUGHES/THE CANADIAN PRESSArticle content OTTAWA – About 800,000 Canadians will be blocked out of their Canada Revenue Agency online account until they change their login credentials after identical information was found for sale on the dark web. Try refreshing your browser, or CRA suspends about 800,000 taxpayers' accounts after login credentials found on dark web Back to video But do not fret: your account has not been breached and none of your data stored with the CRA has been stolen, the agency says in an advisory published Friday. The account suspensions came thanks to a new CRA cybsersecurity monitoring service that cross-references stolen login data from third parties put up for sale on the dark web — a hidden part of the Internet only accessible through tailored software — with internal login data for its web platform, MyCRA. Article content “It should be noted that these preventative measures are not isolated incidences and may become more frequent to safeguard taxpayers’ information,” the note continues. In the statement, the agency repeats that the login information was not stolen from its databases, and that information they hold remains safely guarded from malevolent actors.

Source: National Post March 12, 2021 18:59 UTC