© Provided by The Canadian PressMONTREAL — Cybersecurity experts warned Monday that getting government departments back online could take weeks or months, after Quebec shut down almost 4,000 of its websites as a preventive measure over the weekend because of a massive software vulnerability. A recently discovered vulnerability in the open-source web server software called Apache exposed systems across the globe to cyberattack risks, and the problem forced the Quebec government on Sunday to take its websites offline. He said Quebec is working to identify which websites are at risk, one by one. The government doesn't keep an inventory of which websites use the Apache software — which Mathieu called a technical challenge. Part of the problem, he added, is that government websites may use other software programs that include the vulnerability.

Source: CBC News December 14, 2021 05:34 UTC