Russia-aligned hackers may seek to disrupt Canada’s energy sector: CSE | 24CA News
Russia-aligned hackers might search to disrupt Canada’s highly effective oil and pure fuel sector, particularly since Ottawa is a robust backer of Ukraine, a Canadian spy company mentioned on Wednesday.
The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) alerts intelligence company mentioned Russia had repeatedly deployed damaging cyber assaults in opposition to its adversaries as geopolitical crises escalate.
“We assess there is an even chance of a disruptive incident in the oil and gas sector in Canada caused by Russia-aligned actors, due to their higher tolerance for risk, the increase in their numbers and activity, as well as the number of vulnerable targets in the sector overall,” it mentioned in a risk evaluation.
Canada is the world’s fourth-largest oil producer. CSE mentioned the oil and fuel sector employed about 600,000 individuals and accounted for five% of gross home product.
CSE mentioned the probably goal for cyber assaults by pro-Russian hackers was operational know-how networks that monitor and management giant industrial belongings.
“It is difficult to overstate the importance of the oil and gas sector to national security because much of our critical infrastructure depends on oil and gas products,” it mentioned.
CSE mentioned Russian-aligned actors had been attempting to compromise the networks of Canadian vital infrastructure suppliers, organizations within the oil and fuel sector.
“We assess that the intent of this activity is very likely to disrupt critical services for psychological impact, ultimately to weaken Canadian support for Ukraine,” it mentioned.
(Reporting by David Ljunggren; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)
