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Canada halts online tax returns in wake of Heartbleed |
April 10, 2014
Canada Revenue Agency has halted online filing of tax returns by the country’s citizens following the disclosure of the Heartbleed security vulnerability that rocked the Internet this week.The country’s Minister of National Revenue Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay wrote in a Twitter message on Wednesday that interest and penalties will not be applied to those filing 2013 tax returns after April 30, the last date for filing the returns, for a period equal to the length of the service disruption.The agency has suspended public access to its online services as a preventive measure to protect the information it holds, while it investigates the potential impact on tax payer information, it said. It reiterated the Minister’s decision in a statement about the Heartbleed bug on its homepage.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2142220/canada-halts-online-tax-returns-in-wake-of-heartbleed.html#tk.rss_all
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