CSIS Warns ‘Smart City’ Technology Can Open Door to Attacks, Foreign Interference

CSIS Warns ‘Smart City’ Technology Can Open Door to Attacks, Foreign Interference
Views of the Port Lands area from Cherry St., the future home of Sidewalk Labs in Toronto on June 25, 2019. The Canadian Press/Andrew Lahodynskyj
The Canadian Press
Updated:
0:00

Canada’s intelligence service warns that technological innovations adopted by municipalities could be exploited by adversaries such as the Chinese government to harvest sensitive data, target diaspora communities and interfere in elections.

A newly released report by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service urges policy-makers and the technology industry to consider steps that can be taken to address and ease the emerging security threat before “smart city” platforms are widely adopted.