Class action against Government of Canada advances following 2020 CRA privacy breach

The Federal Court of Canada has certified the class action filed against the Government of Canada over the spate of cyber incidents that took place between March and September 2020 attacking the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) accounts of over 45,000 Canadians. The cyber incidents, the government said at the time, used credential stuffing, where passwords

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