Canada’s electronic spy agency waging ‘long-term’ campaign against cyber criminals
Canada’s electronic intelligence agency says it’s waging a “long-term” campaign aimed at degrading cyber criminals’ abilities to target Canadian individuals and institutions. has been warning for some time that “ransomware” attacks – where hackers lock up or steal data and demand money for its return – are a growing threat for Canadian individuals and institutions.
CSE is “not under the illusion that we’re going to fix that problem in the short term,” Dan Rogers, the agency’s associate chief, said in a rare interview Tuesday.“We realize this is a long-term problem and something that’s going to affect Canadians for some time.”between January and November of 2021, and that half of those attacks were directed at critical infrastructure providers – which includes sectors like health, manufacturing and energy.
It’s almost certain that many more attacks go unreported to federal authorities. But the most high-profile incidents – like last year’s , which stalled oil products to the U.S. East Coast – have driven home how costly and impactful ransomware can be.that CSE was using new powers to target cyber criminals. It was the first time the agency has acknowledged the use of new “active cyber operations” authorities, which allow CSE to “disrupt the capabilities” of foreign threats to Canada.
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