BREAKING - MASSIVE CANADA REVENUE AGENCY BREACH
Massive data breach at H&R Block saw tens of THOUSANDS of Canadians have false returns filed to the CRA
and million in refunds paid out to criminals.
the Canada Revenue Agency discovered that hackers had obtained confidential data used by one of the country's largest tax preparation firms, H&R Block Canada.
Imposters 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 more than $6 million in bogus refunds from the public purse, an investigation by CBC's The Fifth Estate and Radio-Canada has found.
In one case, the hackers filed a return with a legitimate postal code, but a fake address on a non-existent Tomato Street
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada..../canada-revenue-agen
