P.E.I. government server hacked, fraudulent email sent
Kevin Yarr | CBC News | Posted: September 18, 2017 5:20 PM | Last Updated: September 18, 2017
Email sent to 94,000 addresses
The P.E.I. government is warning that an email that was sent from one of its servers on Sunday is not a government communication and people need to be careful of it.
A government spokesperson told CBC News a government server was hacked to send out the email.
The email, with the subject line "Tonight's Winner is Drawn in 10 Hours," tells the recipient that they could be a winner of a Powerball lottery and prompts them to click on a link. The government is warning people not to click on the link.
The email went out to 94,000 addresses, said a government spokesperson.
The email system has been taken offline.
The P.E.I. government is investigating the security breach.
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