Ont. government websites go down in apparent cyber attackInternet users clicking on the government of Ontario's websites weregreeted by some unusual sights Friday, during a hack attack.In a statement to CTV News, Ont. Premier Kathleen Wynne's spokespersonZita Astravas said the attack targeted a third party domain routingservice, and not the government's websites.For visitors, however, the government's websites appeared to have beenattacked. For example, the Ontario.ca website displayed a message sayingthe website had been "hacked."Set against a stark, black background, a young man was pictured alongwith a profanity-laced call for visitors to follow a Twitter account.A video of MC Hammer's song "U Can't Touch This" was also included in the message.That website was soon restored while others continued to displaymessages indicating server troubles. According to Astravas, "GovernmentIT experts are working with the external domain name hosting provider torestore access as quickly as possible."She also said no government or personal data was compromised in the attack.CTVNews.ca StaffPublished Friday, December 12, 2014 9:54PM ESTLast Updated Friday, December 12, 2014 10:43PM EST--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Posted on hackread.com/canadian-ontario-province-website-hacked/ by WaqasA hacker going with the handle of Devin Bharath hacked and defaced the official websiteof government of Ontario Provence of Canada.The website (ontario.ca) was hacked about 2 hours ago, left with a deface page along with a message which included the name of the alleged hacker “hacked by Devin Bharath.”, an MC Hammer video with a picture of a young boy and a link to a Twitter account.The Ontario province website also deals with ServiceOntario, providing news and updates about Ontario government services).Anne-Marie Flanagan, a spokesman fromCanadian government said that they are investigating the incident.According to initial details it has been found that government ofOntario name servers were briefly hijacked. Clickhttps://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2014-December/012663.html to read more details.ens2.gov.on.ca 204.41.4.240ens1.gov.on.ca 204.41.8.240Canadian government websites are constantly under attack for last couple of months. In November, it was Anonymous who defaced hackread.com/anonymous-opsoaringeagle-against-youth-arrest/ websites, following with cyber attack from Syrian Electronic Army and hacking CBC, the NHL and a number of other prominent news outlets.At the time of publishing this article, the Ontario Province website was restored.