RCMP investigating cyber attack as its website remains down

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Canada's national police force has disclosed that it recently faced a cyber attack targeting its networks.

The federal body has started its criminal investigation into the matter as it works to determine the scope of the security breach.

RCMP: No threat to safety and security of Canadians

According to a CBC report, RCMP's chief security officer Paul L. Brown stated that the police force is managing a "cyber event" and has cautioned employees to remain vigilant.

"The situation is evolving quickly but at this time, there is no impact on RCMP operations and no known threat to the safety and security of Canadians," said an RCMP spokesperson in a media statement.

"While a breach of this magnitude is alarming, the quick work and mitigation strategies put in place demonstrate the significant steps the RCMP has taken to detect and prevent these types of threats."

At this time, there is no evidence of foreign police and intelligence services being impacted by the cyber incident. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) was notified of the cyberattack.

RCMP website down

BleepingComputer further observed that the RCMP website is down as of the morning of February 25 and throwing an HTTP 404 (Not Found) error message.

Requests made to www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca are being redirected to an install.php page which does not exist:



RCMP website is throwing a 404 (Not Found) error message (BleepingComputer)