All Canadian government departments using software vulnerable to the so-called Heartbleed Bug have been ordered to immediately disable public websites. The directive was issued late Thursday (April 10).
A statement Thursday night from Tony Clement, Canada’s Treasury Board President, explained the reasoning behind the shutdown: “This evening the Chief Information Officer for the Government of Canada issued a directive to all federal government departments to immediately disable public websites that are running unpatched OpenSSL software. This action is being taken as a precautionary measure until the appropriate security patches are in place and tested.
“As a result, Canadians will be unable to access certain Government of Canada websites while measures are being applied.
“We understand that this will be disruptive, but, under the circumstances, this is the best course of action to protect the privacy of Canadians.”
More information:
Statement by the President of the Treasury Board – here
CBC News – Heartbleed bug prompts disabling of public federal government sites – here
Globe and Mail – More federal websites shut services over Heartbleed threat – here
Postmedia News – ‘Heartbleed’ bug forces shutdown of more federal government services – here
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