Canada’s spy agencies are warning that Canadian intellectual property linked to the pandemic is a “valuable target” for state-sponsored actors — just a day after U.S. intelligence agencies raised the alarm about China-backed hacking of institutions and companies researching vaccines, treatments and tests for the novel coronavirus.
Canada’s spy agencies are warning that Canadian intellectual property linked to the pandemic is a “valuable target” for state-sponsored actors — just a day after U.S. intelligence agencies warned of China-backed hacking of institutions and companies researching vaccines, treatments and tests for the novel coronavirus.
“The Communications Security Establishment has assessed that it is near certain that state-sponsored actors have shifted their focus during the pandemic and that Canadian intellectual property represents a valuable target,” reads a rare joint statement from the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), Canada’s foreign signals intelligence agency, and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).
“With regards to the specific threats, the Cyber Centre has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic presents an elevated level of risk to the cyber security of Canadian health organizations involved in the national response to the COVID-19 pan