Shadow Wars in Cyberspace: Canada's Spy Agency Takes the Gloves Off The Communications Security Establishment's (CSE) latest annual report offers a rare glimpse into cyber warfare, where state sponsored hackers engage in shadowy battles against their adversaries.
The CSE's disclosures reveal a more proactive approach to countering online threats, but also raise questions about ethics and accountability.
Three notable examples of "active cyber operations" conducted by the CSE last year stand out: disrupting fentanyl traffickers, undermining an extremist group's recruitment efforts, and rendering a ransomware gang's infrastructure inoperable.