Russia, Iran and especially China are “becoming bolder and more aggressive” in their cyberattacks against Canada, according to a report.
Russia, Iran and especially China are “becoming bolder and more aggressive” in their cyberattacks against Canada and are not ready to stop, according to a new report from the Canadian Center for Cyber Security.
To these known state actors is added this year India, identified for the first time as a state interested in disrupting Canada by building a modern “cyberactivity” program intended for espionage.
The state of Narenda Modi thus wishes to “advance its objectives linked to national security, particularly in terms of espionage and anti-terrorism, and to support its efforts aimed at enhancing its global status and countering messages unfavorable to the place of the country and its government.”
The report published Wednesday suggests that the degraded relations between India and Canada will influence the intensity of cyberespionage carried out here.
China remains the main player
“The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) vast and vigorous cyber activity program represents the most active and sophisticated cyber threat to Canada today,” say government experts.
China, it is explained, targets the networks of all levels of government, ranging from municipal to federal, including the provinces and territories “given that they have decision-making power over regional trade, including resource extraction (e.g. energy and critical minerals).”
The Center for Cybersecurity estimates that at least twenty networks associated with the federal government and its agencies have been compromised by Chinese cyberattacks over the past five years.
The state led by Xi Jinping does not hesitate to use external resources to also attack private actors in sectors that appear critical to it, such as the mining sector.
More details will follow…
