Canadian Bankers Association

The online banking applications of Canadian banks have not been affected by the Heartbleed bug.  Canadians can continue to bank with confidence.

Banks have sophisticated security systems in place to protect customers’ personal and financial information, including encryption and other measures.

As part of a normal course of business, the banks actively monitor their networks and continuously conduct routine maintenance to help ensure that online threats do not harm their servers or disrupt service to customers.

As always, bank customers should take the usual steps to protect themselves from fraud.  This includes monitoring bank and credit card statements looking for any unusual activity, protecting PINs and passwords and changing PINs and passwords periodically.