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{
    "time": "2024-12-12 16:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Don Davies",
        "fr": "M. Don Davies"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8818059\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you. I appreciate receiving that number.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8818060\" data-originallang=\"en\">This is according to an October article by CBC News:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"8818061\" data-originallang=\"en\"> At the height of this year's tax season, [CRA] discovered that hackers had obtained confidential data used by...H&amp;R Block Canada. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8818062\" data-originallang=\"en\"> [The hackers] used the company's confidential credentials to get unauthorized access into hundreds of Canadians' personal CRA accounts, change direct deposit information, submit false returns and pocket [millions of dollars] in bogus refunds </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8818063\" data-originallang=\"en\"> the crisis prompted the CRA to contact the office of the Revenue Minister </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8818064\" data-originallang=\"en\"> the public was never alerted to the scheme. </p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"8818065\" data-originallang=\"en\">Why was the public not alerted about this breach, and what is being done to improve transparency and prevent future cyber-attacks like this?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8818059\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci, j'aimerais recevoir ce chiffre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8818060\" data-originallang=\"en\">La citation suivante est tir\u00e9e d'un article publi\u00e9 en octobre par CBC/Radio-Canada:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"8818061\" data-originallang=\"en\"> En pleine saison des imp\u00f4ts [...], l'Agence du revenu du Canada [...] a d\u00e9couvert que des pirates informatiques avaient mis la main sur des informations confidentielles utilis\u00e9es par H&amp;R Block Canada [...] </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8818062\" data-originallang=\"en\"> [Les fraudeurs] ont utilis\u00e9s les codes confidentiels de l'entreprise pour obtenir un acc\u00e8s non autoris\u00e9 \u00e0 des centaines de comptes de l'Agence du revenu du Canada appartenant \u00e0 des particuliers canadiens, y modifier l'information sur le d\u00e9p\u00f4t direct, produire de fausses d\u00e9clarations et empocher des [millions de dollars] en faux remboursements. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8818063\" data-originallang=\"en\"> [...] la crise a pouss\u00e9 l'Agence du revenu du Canada \u00e0 contacter le cabinet de la ministre du Revenu [...] </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8818064\" data-originallang=\"en\"> [...] le public n'a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 inform\u00e9 du stratag\u00e8me. </p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"8818065\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pourquoi la population n'a\u2011t\u2011elle pas \u00e9t\u00e9 inform\u00e9e de cette fuite, et quelles mesures prend\u2011on pour am\u00e9liorer la transparence et pr\u00e9venir de futures cyberattaques comme celle\u2011l\u00e0?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/finance/44-1/171/don-davies-8/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/don-davies/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1007/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "13068384",
    "document_url": "/committees/finance/44-1/171/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fcommittees%2Ffinance%2F44-1%2F171%2F"
    }
}