Government Websites Down in Four Provinces, Territories; Cyberattacks Blamed in Two

A woman uses a computer keyboard in North Vancouver, B.C., on Dec. 19, 2012. The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward

Government websites in four provinces and territories were shut down Thursday, with at least two jurisdictions blaming cyberattacks for their outages.

Websites for Yukon, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island and Nunavut were all inaccessible. P.E.I. and Yukon said cyberattacks were behind their shutdowns.