The Canadian government's computer networks have been hit by state-sponsored cyberattacks about 50 times a week — and at least one of them usually succeeded. "Between 2013 and 2015, the Government of Canada detected, on average a year, more than 2,500 state-sponsored cyber activities against its networks," says a new report. — Communications Security EstablishmentLast October, CSE reported to Parliament that it detected 4,571 "compromises" of federal systems because of cyberattacks in the first nine months of 2016. More than 2,000 were directed at federal systems related to natural resources, energy and the environment. A cybersecurity expert says the new statistics on state-sponsored attacks are likely low-balled, because it is often difficult to identify an attacker bent on anonymity.

Source: CBC News October 30, 2017 21:45 UTC