Canada Takes a Bold Step Towards Offensive Cyber Operations

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  1. hawki

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    "Canada is going on the attack—at least in cyberspace. As Canada undergoes the most comprehensive national security legislation reform in over three decades, one of the most notable proposed changes in the sweeping Bill C-59 would empower Canada’s signals intelligence agency, the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), to engage in offensive cyber operations....

    Specifically, the legislation allows the CSE to 'carry out activities on or through the global information infrastructure to degrade, disrupt, influence, respond to or interfere with the capabilities, intentions or activities of a foreign individual, state, organization or terrorist group as they relate to international affairs, defence or security.'..."

    https://www.lawfareblog.com/zero-deh-canada-takes-bold-step-towards-offensive-cyber-operations
     
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