Trudeau links support for Ukraine to Russian cyberattacks on Canada – National | 24CA News

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated Thursday that Canada’s stance on Ukraine is “bothersome” to the Russian authorities and pro-Russian hackers, however cyberattacks on Canadian web sites and important infrastructure suppliers gained’t change the federal authorities’s assist.

“Obviously, Canada’s unequivocally strong stance in support of Ukraine and against Russia’s illegal actions is bothersome to the Russian government and to pro-Russian hackers,” Trudeau advised reporters.

“We are usually not going to flinch in any approach on our steadfast and complete assist of Ukraine and the trigger for which it’s preventing…. Ukrainians proper now are preventing for the basics of democracy, for the UN Charter, for the rules and values that underpin our nation and so many others.

“A couple of denial of service attacks on government websites, bringing them down for a few hours is not going to cause us to rethink our unequivocal stance of doing whatever it takes for as long as it takes to support Ukraine.”

A cyberattack on Hydro-Québec knocked out its web site and cell app Thursday.

Hydro-Québec says it was focused at round 3 a.m. Eastern by a denial-of-service assault — when attackers flood an web server with visitors and overwhelm it.

The utility says the assault has shut down its web site and cellphone software however says its vital techniques are usually not affected.

It additionally says there was no knowledge breach and private knowledge was not compromised.

Pro-Russian teams have claimed accountability for latest cyberattacks, together with on Trudeau’s web site and the web sites for the Port of Québec and Laurentian Bank.

On Tuesday, Trudeau stated “no physical damage was done” to Canadian vitality infrastructure that leaked U.S. intelligence suggests was accessed by Russian hackers.

— with information from The Canadian Press and Aaron D’Andrea.

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