Canada's electronic spying agency has the capacity to hack into computers and phones around the world, according to reports by Canada's national public broadcaster CBC and the U.S. website The Intercept.
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Canada’s electronic spy agency hacking into computers, phones around the world

Canada’s electronic spy agency, the Communications Security Establishment (CSE or CSEC), has developed a vast arsenal of cyberwarfare tools to hack into computers and phones in many parts of the world, according to a report published by Canada`s national public broadcaster CBC, and the website The Intercept, the U.S. news website co-founded by Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who obtained the documents from U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Revelations about the agency’s prowess should serve as a “major wakeup call for all Canadians,” particularly in the context of the current parliamentary debate over whether to give intelligence officials the power to disrupt national security threats, Ronald Deibert, director of the Citizen Lab, the respected internet research group at University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs, told CBC.

Describing the capabilities of CSE, The Intercept website points out:

According to the Snowden documents, it has a range of “deception techniques” in its toolbox. These include “false flag” operations to “create unrest,” and using so-called “effects” operations to “alter adversary perception.” A false-flag operation usually means carrying out an attack, but making it look like it was performed by another group — in this case, likely another government or hacker.

More information:
CBC News – Communication Security Establishment’s cyberwarfare toolbox revealed – here
The Intercept – Documents Revel Canada`s secret Hacking Tactics – here

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