Cybercrime Is Largest Threat to Canada’s Oil and Gas Sector: Intelligence Agency

Cybercrime Is Largest Threat to Canada’s Oil and Gas Sector: Intelligence Agency
The Suncor refinery in Edmonton seen on June 17, 2015. AFP via Getty Images/Geoff Robins
Matthew Horwood
Updated:
0:00

The head of the Canadian Centre for Cybersecurity (CCCS) is warning that the biggest threat to Canada’s oil and gas sector is cybercrime from non-state actors, advising infrastructure providers to also prepare for the unlikely event of sabotage by state-sponsored counterparts.

“Cybercrime is the main cyber threat facing the oil and gas sector and the most likely to disrupt the supply of oil and gas to Canadians,” said Sami Khoury, head of the CCCS, during a technical briefing on July 5.