Canada becoming 'host' country for cyber-attackers, government fears
November 09, 2012 - 3:07 PM
OTTAWA - The Public Safety Department worries Canada is becoming a digital launching pad for — not just a target of — malicious cyber-activities.
Notes prepared for a closed-door meeting of the Cross-Cultural Roundtable on Security point out that, traditionally, most cyber-criminals have plotted their online schemes in Eastern Europe, East Asia and Africa.
But the briefing material, released under the Access to Information Act, say such schemes may be shifting to more developed countries such as Canada, the United States and France.
The notes were drafted for an introductory discussion by Brett Kubicek, Public Safety's manager of research and academic relations, at the roundtable's June meeting.
The roundtable, which comprises members of various ethnic backgrounds, tries to foster dialogue on security issues between government officials and minority communities.
The federal auditor general recently found the government has been slow to mount an effective response to the rapidly growing threat of cyber-attacks on key systems.
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