The agency reported over 300 known ransomware attacks in 2021, a 151 per cent increase on the previous year though officials contend the crime remains…
In 2019, Canada’s Communications Security Establishment was granted the ability not only to defend the country’s cyberspace but also to launch foreign cyber operations to either actively disrupt foreign threats pre-emptively or defend Canadian interests., CSE published the first, albeit very broad, details about how it has used those offensive powers.
The agency reported over 300 known ransomware attacks in 2021, a 151 per cent increase on the previous year though officials contend the crime remains profoundly underreported.Article content “Had there been malicious cyber activity targeting the election process, CSE would have been ready to act on it right away,” reads the report.
These operations cannot target any Canadian, cause “death or bodily harm” or interfere with foreign justice or democratic systems. That’s a slight decrease over the 2,206 cases in the previous year, but Rogers says that is more likely due to underreporting of attacks rather than an actual decrease year over year.Rogers said China and Russia remain the biggest cyber threats to Canada, but that CSE is keeping a particularly close eye on the latter since it’s invasion of Ukraine in February.
In its annual report, CSE highlighted that concern and Rogers said his organization still has its work cut out for it when it comes to cyber awareness.
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