Canada’s electronic spy agency may be under-estimating the threat that China — not Russia — could pose in the October federal election.
Expect everything from fake news spread on social media to attempts to steal voter information to “deep fakes” or “synthetic videos” indistinguishable from real footage to “foreign adversaries” attempting to polarize issues, sway voters and discredit the democratic process during Canada’s coming federal election campaign.
And, that is despite — or perhaps because of — sweeping legislative changes made last year aimed at reducing foreign interference and a ban on foreign donations passed earlier this year. “It is almost certain that actors likely associated with the People’s Republic of China ministry of state security are responsible for the compromise of several managed service providers beginning as early as 2016,” it said.
“Russia wants social disruption,” he said in an interview. “The CCP wants to influence the stable U.S., Canadian and Australian systems. They don’t care who is in government as long as they can influence its decisions.”
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