Asked about the report, the Treasury Board issued a brief statement recognizing it had detected an 'unauthorized attempt to access its networks,' but did not elaborate.
'Employee access to the Internet has been limited for the time being,' said Treasury Board spokesman Jay Denney.
CBC News cited 'highly placed sources' in conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government as saying that the cyberattacks, first detected in January, were traced to computer servers in China."
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Cyber Defense
The US military is preparing for 21st Century electronic warfare and cyber terrorism. A joint US Cyber Command and four service cyber commands have been set up.
Their mission is to defend American military networks and civilian American infrastructure from cyber terrorism and from foreign government hackers.
The officers leading these cyber commands explain how they are organized, how they operate, and how they will protect the United States from foreign military hackers, intelligence agencies, and cyber terrorists.
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