House of Commons worker charged with hacking Quebec government website

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http://www.canada.com/news/national/House+Commons+worker+charged+with+hacking+Quebec+government/7410388/story.html

By Jordan Press
Postmedia News
October 18, 2012

OTTAWA -- A 28-year-old man faces computer crime charges for allegedly 
hacking the Quebec government’s website in April while he was on 
contract for both the RCMP and the House of Commons.

According to the RCMP, the hack originated from the House of Commons 
network when someone gained administrative privileges and then used them 
to upload a malicious program to the government of Quebec’s website. The 
break-in on the Quebec government website on April 27, 2012, crashed the 
site for two days.

The alleged hacker was working for the House of Commons at the time of 
the attacks, the Mounties said.

The man also worked for the RCMP on contract.

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