The Canada Revenue Agency has shut down the public access portion of its website due to the Heartbleed bug.
The bug is a recently discovered vulnerability in a version of OpenSSL security software code that is installed on two-thirds of the active servers connected to the internet.
Although OpenSSL is believed to be comparatively safe and secure, the Heartbleed vulnerability could allow a malicious user to read the memory of systems protected by the bug-afflicted code, compromising the secret keys used to encrypt the data.
"Essentially, they'd get a second key to your house and can walk in whenever they want," technology analyst Carmi Levy told CBC News in describing the bug on Wednesday. "Right now, server owners around the world are busy fixing that. They're trying to patch a fix to close that vulnerability."
The tax agency announced the shutdown of the public portion of its website in a note on the site Wednesday morning, but provided little detail, saying the move was done as a precaution. The move affects online tax-return filing services such as EFILE and NETFILE and also online access to account information for individuals and businesses.
The Canada Revenue Agency website blocked partial access early Wednesday due to what has become known as the Heartbleed bug.
"To protect the security of taxpayer information, we have temporarily shutdown public access to our electronic services. We are working to restore these services as soon as possible in a manner that ensures they are safe and secure," the website read.
The agency later confirmed to CBC News in an email that the shutdown is related to the Heartbleed bug.
Minister of Revenue Kerry-Lynne Findlay's office said staff are working to investigate "any impact to taxpayer information."
A statement on the CRA website says that "consideration will also be given to taxpayers who are unable to comply with their filing requirements because of this service interruption."
The 2014 deadline for personal income tax filing for the 2013 tax year is at the end of this month.
The agency tweeted days earlier that 1,763 online returns were being processed per minute. More than 6.7 million Canadians have filed tax returns electronically as of March 24. That represents almost 84 per cent of returns.
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