"With regards to the specific threats, the Cyber Centre has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic presents an elevated level of risk to the cyber security of Canadian health organizations involved in the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic." 'Foreign interference and espionage'CSIS reported "an increased risk of foreign interference and espionage due to the extraordinary effort of our businesses and research centres." Its focus is on protecting Canadian intellectual property from these threats — and jobs and economic interests with it." The joint statement from the Canadian intelligence agencies follows an alert the CSE put out in March warning about potential online attacks against the Canadian health sector, including research facilities. The Cyber Centre said it also regularly shares threat information with health care and research sectors, provincial and territorial governments.

Source: CBC News May 14, 2020 19:58 UTC