Spy agency threat assessment singles out China for ‘aggressive cyber program’

CSE says China targets Canadian law-makers, media, pro-democracy activists, and diaspora communities—and reported that Canadian members on the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China were subjected to cyber attacks in 2021.
Caroline Xavier
Communications Security Establishment chief Caroline Xavier. CSE's annual report says the Chinese government's cyber threat apparatus has targeted Canadian parliamentarians and government officials.

Canada's information technology and foreign intelligence agency says China poses the most “sophisticated” and “active” cyber threat to Canada, and that it has attacked several Canadian parliamentarians and government officials in the past. 

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