Canadian Centre for Cyber Security warns of risks related to state-sponsored programs

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Nation-state actors from Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea target Canada
November 19, 2020
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A report published by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, titled “National Cyber Threat Assessment 2020,” warns of risks associated with state-sponsored operations from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.

The report is based on both classified and unclassified sources and identifies current cyber threats and the likelihood that they will occur, and how Canadians could be affected.

“The second iteration of our unclassified assessment notes that the number of cyber threat actors is increasing, and they are becoming more sophisticated, that cybercrime will almost certainly continue to be the cyber threat most likely to affect Canadians and that Ransomware attacks will almost certainly continue to target large enterprises and critical infrastructure providers.” reads the report.
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Nation-state actors linked to the above countries pose the greatest strategic threats to Canada and according to the report, they will continue to attempt to steal Canadian intellectual property, especially related to COVID-19.

Threat actors are carrying out cyber espionage campaigns and online influence campaigns.

“We assess that almost certainly the state-sponsored programs of China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea pose the greatest state-sponsored cyber threats to Canadian individuals and organizations,” continues the report.
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Canadian Centre for Cyber Security Releases the Canadian National Cyber Threat Assessment 2020

Ottawa, Ontario, November 18 2020 – The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre) has released its National Cyber Threat Assessment 2020.

This public report, based on both classified and unclassified sources, identifies current trends in the cyber threat environment, the likelihood that these cyber threats will occur, and how Canadians could be affected.
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In addition, the assessment details that actors are very likely working to develop cyber capabilities to disrupt Canadian infrastructure, such as the electricity supply, to further their goals. However, we judge that in the absence of international hostilities, in is unlikely that state-sponsored actors would intentionally disrupt Canadian critical infrastructure.
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