MPs Targeted by Chinese Hackers Caught in ‘Scatter-Gun’ Attack, Interference Inquiry Hears

Canadian co-chairs for the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, Conservative MP Garnett Genuis (R) and Liberal MP John McKay, appear at the Foreign Interference Commission in Ottawa on Sept. 17, 2024. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Two MPs described for the Foreign Interference Commission how they were targeted by Chinese hackers in 2021 because of their work with international democratic legislators against Beijing’s human rights abuses.

Liberal MP John McKay and Conservative MP Garnett Genuis testified at the inquiry on Sept. 17 that the Chinese cyberattack was aimed at 18 Canadians on the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC).