Cyberattack Knocks out Website and Mobile App for Quebec’s Hydro Utility

Cyberattack Knocks out Website and Mobile App for Quebec’s Hydro Utility
A Hydro-Quebec logo is seen on the company’s head office building in Montreal on Feb. 26, 2015. Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press
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Quebec’s power utility says its website and mobile application have been knocked offline by a cyberattack.

Hydro-Québec says it was targeted at around 3 a.m. by a denial-of-service assault — when attackers flood an internet server with traffic and overwhelm it.