PM Email Servers Possibly Compromised

by jackoneill | September 21, 2008 at 02:55 pm
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Today at 3:34pm (EST), a message was sent out from PM@PM.gc.ca, and appears to be a hacked message. It states it is from the Prime Minister himself, but is quite obviously not. 

An inside source has stated that the PMO is aware, and are currently investigating.

See message below:


from Stephen Harper <pm@pm.gc.ca>
to ALLNEWS_E@lserv.pmo-cpm.gc.ca
date Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 3:34 PM
subject Why you shouldn't fear me

hide details 3:34 PM (2 hours ago)
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Hi The Average Canadian,

Stephen Harper wanted to tell you...

My name is Stephen Harper. I am an ALBERTAN, here me roar! My goal is to make Canada America's 51st state and destroy health care that all Canadians cherish by infusing my propaganda with hard core ad hominem attacks. Please vote for me, because if you do, I promise you'll be able to vote for McCain 2012!

We are a tar sands level party, not a grass roots party. We consider anything with the word \"Green\" offensive, except for the almighty American dollar, which we hope to be able to implement in the coming months! We shall first have to make sure that American and Canadian jelly beans have the same standards, and then we shall proceed.

I hope everyone has a great weekend,

Take care,

Stephen \"I can lead you to Hell but not back\" Harper

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UPDATE: The link is supposed to take you to a variant of www.willyoubetricked.ca (a Conservative website), but it appears as though the link is dead, or has been removed.

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http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2008/09/pmo-listserv-exploited-by-anti-harper-activist/

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UPDATE: Katy O'Malley's Blog has more commentary, should you be interested:


http://blog.macleans.ca/2008/09/21/pmo-do-you-think-its-easy-to-secure-a-mailing-list/


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