Hostile States ‘Pre-Positioning’ for Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure, Canadian Security Agency Warns

A sign for the Government of Canada's Communications Security Establishment (CSE) outside their headquarters in Ottawa in a file photo. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

Hostile states are seeking to access computer networks linked to critical infrastructure in Canada to conduct potential future destructive attacks, the national cyber security agency warns in a new report.

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security released its threat assessment for the next two years on Oct. 30, which discusses how adversarial states use the cyber realm to further their interests.