China presents 'most sophisticated, active cyber threat' to Canada, security agency says

Oct. 31 (UPI) -- China presents "the most sophisticated and active cyber threat" to Canada, according to Ottawa security officials, who accuse Beijing of targeting all levels of their government as well as public officials for valuable intelligence.

According to the Canadian Center for Cyber Security's National Cyber Threat Assessment report for the upcoming year, China conducts cyber operations against Canada to achieve high-level political and commercial objectives -- from espionage and intellectual property theft to repressing dissents who have fled the nation.

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