{"id":1952,"date":"2026-07-06T14:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futurenews24.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/canadian-spy-agency-says-it-hacked-drug-traffickers-extremists-and-a-ransomware-gang-last-year\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T14:59:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:59:03","slug":"canadian-spy-agency-says-it-hacked-drug-traffickers-extremists-and-a-ransomware-gang-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futurenews24.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/canadian-spy-agency-says-it-hacked-drug-traffickers-extremists-and-a-ransomware-gang-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian spy company says it hacked drug traffickers, extremists and a ransomware gang final yr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Providing a uncommon glimpse on the priorities of a high spy group, Canada\u2019s Communications Safety Institution mentioned it performed a handful of state-authorized hacks final yr as a way to disrupt the operations of drug traffickers, violent extremists, and a ransomware gang.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The disclosures within the Canadian intelligence company\u2019s annual report underscore among the important nationwide safety threats that face Canada and its closest allies: starting from the import of unlawful medication to cyberattacks. The spy company, CSE, is tasked with gathering international intelligence, defending authorities methods, and disrupting on-line adversaries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Printed final week, the report says the CSE final yr carried out three international \u201cenergetic cyber operations\u201d \u2014 the time period company makes use of to explain its cyberattacks on abroad operations that threaten Canadian nationwide safety and public security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of many operations, per the report, focused cybercriminals outdoors of Canada who had been brokering the sale of chemical compounds used to create the artificial opioid, fentanyl. The CSE collected intelligence on the brokers, then performed an operation that \u201cdisrupted and diminished their means to function,\u201d the report mentioned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One other energetic operation concerned the gathering of indicators intelligence \u2014 information produced from electronics and internet-connected units \u2014 on an abroad extremist group that was spreading violent ideology and recruiting members, together with in Canada. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report mentioned the company analyzed the group\u2019s group, attain, and potential vulnerabilities to conduct an operation that \u201cefficiently undermined the group\u2019s credibility and restricted their means to radicalize and recruit new members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One other operation concerned disrupting a ransomware-as-a-service operation that allow hackers lease entry to a ransomware gang\u2019s infrastructure to launch harmful extortion assaults. The CSE mentioned its indicators intelligence unit recognized how the gang labored in opposition to the healthcare, transportation, and enterprise sectors in Canada, then used an energetic cyber operation that \u201crendered the group\u2019s infrastructure inoperable.\u201d The operation additionally deleted a lot of the info on the gang\u2019s servers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company mentioned it undertook concurrent \u201ctechnical disruptions\u201d in opposition to 10 of probably the most vital ransomware gangs focusing on Canada to \u201cmake components of their infrastructure unusable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report didn&#8217;t say the place the hackers, extremists or the ransomware gang had been positioned, or the specifics of the operations that the CSE used to focus on them. It\u2019s not unusual for spy businesses to conduct cyberattacks in opposition to their adversaries, however such operations are seldom disclosed or detailed to guard the strategies and methods used.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fort Meade, Maryland-based Cyber Command, which conducts cyber operations for the U.S. authorities, often carries out \u201chunt ahead\u201d operations that contain sending cyber groups to allied nations to safe their networks and disrupt cyber operations launched by adversaries. The variety of U.S.-led hunt ahead operations have risen from just a few handful throughout 2018 to greater than two dozen throughout 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canada\u2019s CSE mentioned it additionally carried out one defensive cyber operation through the yr to focus on a phishing marketing campaign geared toward Canadian federal authorities establishments and different necessary methods. The company mentioned it disrupted the group\u2019s infrastructure and \u201cdegraded their means\u201d to focus on Canadians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>While you buy via hyperlinks in our articles, we could earn a small fee. This doesn\u2019t have an effect on our editorial independence.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/07\/06\/canadian-spy-agency-says-it-hacked-drug-traffickers-extremists-and-a-ransomware-gang-last-year\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Providing a uncommon glimpse on the priorities of a high spy group, Canada\u2019s Communications Safety Institution mentioned it performed a handful of state-authorized hacks final yr as a way to disrupt the operations of drug traffickers, violent extremists, and a ransomware gang. 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