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The RCMP and other Canadian security agencies do not have the capacity or capability to effectively police cybercrime, according to a new report from Canada’s auditor general — a concerning problem it says in the face of increasingly frequent and devastating blows.Posted: Jun 04, 2024 10:17 AM EDT | Last Updated: 15 minutes ago
The report looked at how the Mounties, Communications Security Establishment — which hosts the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security — and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission handle hacks on businesses, organizations and individuals. For example, between 2021 and 2023, CSE deemed that almost half of the 10,850 reports it received were out of its mandate because they related to individual Canadians and not to organizations.
When the auditor general peeked under the RCMP's hood it found the Mounties weren't tracking cases properly. The report said the RCMP has struggled to staff its cybercrime investigative teams. As of January 2024, almost one-third of positions across the force were vacant, it said.The audit said the CRTC received thousands of reports to its anti-spam reporting centre — which was set up to protect Canadians against phishing attempts, malware, identity theft and online scams — that were actually cybercrime-linked incidents but not investigated.
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