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OTTAWA Canada’s digital spy agency responded to more than 2,000 attacks on the federal government and its critical infrastructure partners last year, according to a new report, amid heightened concerns over the use of cyber warfare tactics by foreign actors.
In its annual report, the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) said it provided assistance to the Government of Canada or its critical infrastructure partners 2,206 times, including 84 incidents “affecting Canada’s health sector.” It is the latest in a number of recent reports detailing the higher frequency of cyberattacks being directed toward Canada, including a recent report by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) that found “espionage and foreign interference activity at levels not seen since the Cold War,” mostly carried out by Chinese and Russian-backed actors.
Feds to get ‘blueprint’ for fighting research espionage on Friday By Charlie Pinkerton. Published on Jun 23, 2021 5:52pm The Chinese embassy in Ottawa (Jolson Lim/iPolitics)
On Friday, the federal government expects to receive guidelines for protecting national security, and for preventing other countries, such as China, from spying on its research projects.
Last year, the federal government spent $7 billion on research and development, according to StatCan. Just over half, $3.6 billion, was for research at universities, colleges, and other educational institutions.
The guidelines to increase the consideration of national security when evaluating and funding research partnerships are being developed by the government’s Universities Working Group, which includes Universities Canada and the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities. The group also includes federal officials from the likes of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, CSIS, Global Affairs Canada, th
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PUTIN: From American sources, it follows that most of the cyberattacks in the world are carried out from the cyber realm of the United States. Second place is Canada. Then two Latin American countries. Afterward comes Great Britain. Russia is not on the list of countries from where from the cyber space of which most of the various cyberattacks are carried out.
THE FACTS: This portrayal defies the record. Putin did not identify the source of the list he cited. But Russian-based digital malfeasance is well established by U.S. and Canadian officials and security researchers alike.
While the U.S., Canada and Britain are capable of cyberespionage, the most damaging cyberattacks on record have come either from state-backed Russian hackers or Russian-speaking ransomware criminals who operate with impunity in Russia and allied nations.