Digital vandals hit Canadian websites amid tensions with India

A message left by a group calling itself the "Indian Cyber Force" is seen on an archived version of a website of a Canadian dental clinic, September 28, 2023. REUTERS/Raphael Satter

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A handful of Canadian websites were defaced and the site for the country's armed forces was briefly disrupted Wednesday amid simmering tensions with India.

The low-level hacks were claimed by an obscure pro-India group going by the name "Indian Cyber Force," whose logo includes an American bald eagle with orange and green wings, the colors of the Indian flag.