Canada Revenue Agency pushes tax deadline to May 5 after Heartbleed bug
OTTAWA - The federal tax agency has fully restored it online filing systems after blocking public access since April 9 due to the so-called Heartbleed bug.
The Canada Revenue Agency will push back the tax deadline to May 5 instead of April 30, to make up for the days when the security risk shuttered their website.
'We apologise for the delay and the inconvenience it has caused to Canadians,' agency commissioner Andrew Treusch said Sunday in a statement. 'That said, the delay was necessary. We could not allow these systems back online until we were fully confident they were safe and secure for Canadian taxpayers.'
Individual taxpayers will not face penalties or interest if they file by May 5.
The Treasury Board issued an order on Thursday to all federal departments using software vulnerable to Heartbleed to disable public websites.
It did not say how many departments are involved.
The Heartbleed bug is caused by a flaw in OpenSSL software, which is commonly used on the Internet to provide security and privacy.
The bug is affecting many global IT systems in both private and public sector organizations and has the potential to expose private data.
The Canada Revenue Agency had shut down its online filing services on Wednesday, including the tax-filing systems E-file and Netfile.
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