![]() The federal agency said Friday that “locking accounts in this manner is part of normal CRA operations.” The statement comes less than a month after the tax agency issued a similar warning that an unspecified number of user IDs and passwords had been locked as they may have been accessed by unauthorized individuals. Instead, the login information may have been obtained by unauthorized third parties “through a variety of means by sources external to the CRA,” including email phishing schemes, the agency said. The accounts were not compromised as a result of a cyberattack or breach of the agency's online systems, the CRA said. Impacted users will be locked out of their accounts as a preventive measure until they create a new user ID and password, the CRA said in a statement. ![]() OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency locked roughly 800,000 accounts after a routine check found that the login information was available to “unauthorized individuals,” the federal tax agency said Friday. ![]()
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