Hackers Redirect Canadian Forces Page to Official Chinese Website

The site the Canadian Forces recruitment page was redirected to. The Canadian Forces recruitment page was seemingly hacked on Thursday. When users attempted to go to the website they would be redirected to the official website for the State Council of the Peoples' Republic of China. The Council is the highest administrative body in the country, it is described as "the executive body of the supreme organ of state power; it is the supreme organ of State administration." At the time of writing, the site does not redirect to the Chinese anymore but it does 404. So, I guess that's a small victory for the Canadian Forces' IT team. The actual Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces website is still operational. Dan Lebouthillie, a Department of National Defence spokesman, told iPolitics that they are "aware of the situation and are looking into it. Follow Mack Lamoureux on Twitter