Canada’s cyberspy agency says it conducted operations in the last year to disrupt and remove harmful terrorist content spread online by foreign, ideologically motivated extremists. In its latest annual report, the Communications Security Establishment says the operation fractured the extremists’ cohesion and significantly reduced their online reach and ability to recruit new members. The report…
Watchdog’s Relations With Spy Community ‘Particularly Strained’ Over Last Year
June 5, 2023
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Newly released documents say the intelligence community’s relationship with its key watchdog has been particularly strained over the last year due to a “level of resistance” to scrutiny. The assessment appears in briefing materials prepared for Canada’s top public servant in advance of a late January meeting with the chair of the National Security and…
MPs Want Annual National-Security Reports, Aid for Businesses to Thwart Cyber Threats
A committee of MPs is calling on the federal government to issue an overarching annual national-security threat assessment. The House committee on public safety says the various bodies that handle national security sometimes operate in silos, and a patchwork of reports come from different agencies. The MPs suggest someone should gather the recommendations and create…
Canadian Intelligence Agency’s Active ‘Cyber Operations’ to Raise Costs for Foreign Hackers
Canada’s cybersecurity agency’s acknowledgment that it is undertaking “foreign cyber operations” to actively disrupt cybercrime from across the world is significant because it shows Canada’s effort in fighting international cyber threats and transparency to the agency’s activities, experts say. Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) said Monday that it has both the “active” (offensive) and defensive…
Canadian Intelligence Agency’s Acknowledgement of Active ‘Cyber Operations’ Against Foreign Hackers Is Significant, Experts Say
Canada’s cybersecurity agency’s acknowledgment that it is undertaking “foreign cyber operations” is significant as it shows the agency’s willingness to engage in activity that involves questions of authorization of operations in other jurisdictions, and is joining allies in actively deferring cyber threats. Christopher Parson, senior research associate at Citizen Lab, said on social media that…
Judge Gives Canada‘s Spy Agency Go-ahead to Use New Overseas Investigative Powers
July 15, 2021
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OTTAWA—For the first time, a federal judge has expressly granted Canada’s spy agency warrants to operate abroad even if it means breaking another country’s laws. Federal Court Justice Simon Noel authorized warrants for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service five months ago, but public reasons for the top secret decision were issued only this week. The…
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