Saskatchewan government hit by cyberattack, unsure whether WannaCry to blame
REGINA — The Saskatchewan government says it has been hit with a cyberattack, but one expert suspects it’s unrelated to the malware that has sought to extort money from companies, government agencies and other organizations around the world in recent days.
The province said Monday its network was flooded with traffic on the weekend that caused a two-hour outage on the Saskatchewan.ca website and other system-related issues.
“Our security team is still assessing the situation to calculate exactly where this is coming from and what the nature of the attack is,” Richard Murray, deputy minister of Central Services, said in Regina.
He said it has not been determined whether it’s related to the rash of ransomware sweeping the globe.