Russia, China, Iran and North Korea pose the greatest cybersecurity threat to Canada, the country’s Communications Security Center says in its report. In particular, methods are being developed to disrupt the operation of the state’s energy systems. On Wednesday, November 18, the Canadian newspaper Star reports.
“We believe that almost certainly the government-backed programs of China, Russia, Iran and North Korea represent the greatest government-backed cyber threat to individual Canadians and organizations,” the document says.
The report also emphasizes that “hostile states are constantly checking important infrastructure networks” in order to supposedly prepare for future attacks, as well as to intimidate the country.
In addition, cyberspace can be used to spy on Canadian organizations and government agencies, the report says.
Earlier, Russia was repeatedly accused of hacker attacks by the UK and the USA. So on October 19, the US Department of Justice said that the Russians accused of hacker attacks on American companies, Ukrainian energy systems, as well as an attempt to disrupt the 2017 presidential elections in France, are “employees of the GRU.”
Also, on October 19, the British Foreign Ministry accused Russia of hostile cyber activity against officials and organizations preparing the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Russia has repeatedly denied accusations of attempts to influence democratic processes in different countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that there is no evidence to support this.
On September 10, Microsoft accused hackers from Russia, China and Iran of cyberattacks on the campaign headquarters of the current US President Donald Trump and his rival Joe Biden.