last week that Russian-aligned hackers may seek to disrupt Canada’s oil and natural gas sector, especially since Ottawa is a strong backer of Ukraine.said Russia had repeatedly deployed destructive cyberattacks against its adversaries as geopolitical crises escalate and expect those attacks to continue. It warned not only that Canada’s oil and gas infrastructure presents a number of vulnerable targets, but could also be impacted by an attack on U.S. assets “due to cross-border integration.
“The threat is real and it’s ever present,” he said. “And it’s important that everybody get sensitized to building resilience companies, because a lot of these companies we rely on for our daily lives.”Canada remains ‘steadfast’ in support for Ukraine despite alleged Russian cyber-attacks: Trudeaua case study for Canada to learn from.
“They have the capability and our role is to stay on top of these things, to see what’s happening around the world, to use our intelligence operations in partnership with some of our closest allies to pick up those signals and warn Canadians about them.”