Spy agency warns foreign states trying to steal COVID-19 research in Canada GlobePolitics
David Vigneault, Director of CSIS addresses the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. The Canadian government has announced more than $1.2-billion in support for COVID-19 research to date.Canada’s spy agency is warning Canadian academics and corporations that they are at increased risk of espionage or intellectual property theft as agents of foreign governments target a surge in research related to COVID-19.
Other sectors, including quantum computing, “big-data analytics,” and manufacturing, that are involved in the COVID-19 response are also an attractive target for foreign espionage, CSIS said in the six-page bulletin, which is marked “Restricted distribution: Government of Canada and partners only.” CSIS also warned researchers that investment offers from abroad or requests to license their work could be a pretext for theft.Canada’s corporations, especially financially distressed start-ups, also need to cast a critical eye on state-owned enterprises or “front” companies that want strings – and consequences attached,” the agency said.
“You don’t put out something like this unless there has been something to put you on notice. This is a reactionary document.” Without naming China, he said a number of state-owned enterprises and private firms with close ties to their government and or intelligence services pursue corporate acquisition bids in Canada.
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