Russian hackers targeting Canada’s governments, businesses and military, cyber spy agency warns

Canada's cyber spy agency warned that Russian state-sponsored hackers and proxy groups are actively targeting Canadian governments, the military and private businesses as part of global intelligence operations. The advisory raises near-term cyber risk for federal agencies, defence contractors and critical infrastructure operators and could prompt incremental cybersecurity spending, contract awards and incident-driven market moves in security vendors and affected sectors.

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Canada's cyber spy agency warned that Russian state-sponsored hackers and proxy groups are actively targeting Canadian governments, the military and private businesses as part of global intelligence operations. The advisory raises near-term cyber risk for federal agencies, defence contractors and critical infrastructure operators and could prompt incremental cybersecurity spending, contract awards and incident-driven market moves in security vendors and affected sectors.