Chinese and North Korean actors are “likely” to work towards targeting upcoming elections in the United States, India and South Korea, a new report from Microsoft is warning. The Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC), the computing giant’s security research group, warns the two countries’ cyber and influence abilities are growing. “China will, at a minimum, … Read more
CSIS director David Vigneault says his agency had intelligence ahead of the 2019 federal election that the government of China attempted to funnel — through a network of “threat actors” — approximately $250,000, possibly to interfere in Canadian elections. The document was shown Thursday at Canada’s inquiry into foreign election interference, which is examining attempts … Read more
Former premier Li Keqiang also mentioned foreign interference in his remarks at the NPC session in 2022, but the topic did not appear in any other government work report in the past decade. 02:40 Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivers his first work report amid concerns about state of the economy Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivers … Read more
Chinese police are investigating an unauthorized and highly unusual online dump of documents from a private security contractor linked to the nation’s top policing agency and other parts of its government — a trove that catalogs apparent hacking activity and tools to spy on both Chinese and foreigners. Among the apparent targets of tools provided … Read more
Canadian authorities have issued a deportation order against a Chinese woman on the grounds she was part of Beijing’s foreign interference program. The Immigration and Refugee Board ruled that Jing Zhang had worked for the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office (OCAO), which it said conducts espionage in Canada. While immigration officials did not argue that Zhang … Read more
The highly anticipated public inquiry into foreign election interference is set to begin Monday, examining how countries like China, Russia and India may have tried to meddle in Canadian democracy. But some national security experts warn Iran’s growing influence may be missed, despite how far the regime has “spread its tentacles” in Canada. “Any country … Read more
An Australia court on Tuesday found a Melbourne man who held prominent positions in Chinese community associations guilty of planning an act of foreign interference, the first verdict of its kind under a law introduced in 2018. Police in Victoria state had charged Di Sanh Duong, a former member of the Liberal Party, in 2020 … Read more
Canada and its Five Eyes allies have issued a joint cybersecurity threat advisory warning of Russian cyberattacks after the British government said it exposed a years-long hacking plot by a group aligned with Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). The U.K. foreign office said Thursday that the hacking group, known as “Star Blizzard” and working on … Read more
