CSIS Warns of Increasingly Sophisticated State-Sponsored Activity Targeting Elections

CSIS Warns of Increasingly Sophisticated State-Sponsored Activity Targeting Elections
A sign for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service building in Ottawa in a file photo. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
|Updated:

OTTAWA—The Canadian Security Intelligence Service warns that it sees steady, and in some cases increasing, foreign interference by state actors against Canada.

In a report released Thursday, CSIS says it has observed persistent and advanced state-sponsored threat activity targeting elections for many years and “continues to see a rise in its frequency and sophistication.”