Is the Beijing Regime Ramping Up Cyber Operations in Canada?

Is the Beijing Regime Ramping Up Cyber Operations in Canada?
A hacker uses a website that monitors global cyberattacks on his computer at an office in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China, on Aug. 4, 2020. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images
Phil Gurski
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Ah, the internet and social media! Thanks to one of the greatest developments in communications history, we have at our disposal a series of tools that should, in theory at least, have led to the promotion and sharing of a near-infinite treasure trove of information and data that could have made us all more knowledgeable, smarter, and more able to face the challenges of today and the future. Instead we are inundated with trolling, disinformation and misinformation, and a weakening of social structures.

Phil Gurski
Phil Gurski
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Phil Gurski spent 32 years working at Canadian intelligence agencies and is a specialist in terrorism. He is the author of six books on terrorism.