(OTTAWA) A senior official with Canada’s spy service says expanding cyberspace is making it easier for foreign adversaries to steal secrets.
Posted at 4:56 p.m.
Cherie Henderson, acting deputy director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), illustrated her point Friday at a defense conference by saying that a foreign agent no longer needed to sneak up on his target in a bar.
He may be at his keyboard in another country trying to locate a Canadian target’s personal device on a computer network.
In some cases, says M.me Henderson, information gleaned online can help make old-fashioned in-person spying possible.
She says many countries want Canada’s advanced technology and don’t want to take the time to develop it themselves.
Defense Minister Anita Anand told the conference that the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), Canada’s cyber spy agency, shares threat intelligence with Ukraine to help defend against cyberattacks.