Heartbleed Fallout Continues: Canada Orders Shutdown of More Gov't Sites

After shutting down its online tax-filing services on Tuesday, Canada is taking further precautionary measures against the Heartbleed Internet security bug. The country is ordering various government agencies to temporarily shut down affected sites.

The chief information officer for the Canadian government sent a directive to all government departments late on Thursday to "immediately disable public websites that are running unpatched OpenSSL software," according to a statement by the President of Canada's Treasury Board.