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Eric Slinn
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Eric Slinn
2020-05-20 16:31
We keep information on everything that's reported, but it's more like fraud against individuals. We know there's massive under-reporting, and the same is likely happening at the company level as well.
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NDP (ON)
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2020-05-20 16:31
Mr. Jones, do you have any comment with regard to other states, especially non-democratic governments, that might have been using some attempts to leverage...? Is that ever quantified or made public?
Scott Jones
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Scott Jones
2020-05-20 16:32
Certainly the one thing about ransomware is that it is massively under-reported. We know that. When people do come forward, it tends to be on the cybercrime side of things. That is what we've seen.
We have reported and looked for other types of links, but it's predominantly cybercrime-focused, and it is absolutely under-reported.
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CPC (AB)
Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Certainly it's interesting testimony that we've had here today.
Of course, on fraud being investigated, we have certain comments, even from the government, about whether or not they even want to investigate fraud at this particular point in time. I think that probably gives the criminal element an opportunity to jump in here as well, which is kind of frustrating.
I want to go back to something. At the end of March, the Communications Security Establishment noted that it had taken down a number of fraudulent websites that had spoofed the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Canada Revenue Agency and, most recently, the Canada Border Services Agency. We recently heard from General Vance, the country's chief of the defence staff, that he's seen indications that Canada's adversaries intend to exploit the mounting anxiety about the global pandemic.
To the RCMP, I'm wondering what form you believe these attacks will take. Which countries are we talking about, and are we taking steps now to deal with this?
Eric Slinn
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Eric Slinn
2020-05-20 16:33
When it comes to the threat actors, they generally are in countries we've dealt with in the past. It doesn't have to be the COVID-19 pandemic. It can be a romance scam; it can be phishing.
There are certain individuals, certain countries, where this continues to plague us, if you will. We do our utmost to work with international partners, whether it be Five Eyes partners or other partners, to help disrupt some of those networks.
View Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Profile
Lib. (ON)
Thanks very much.
I want to start with the Communications Security Establishment. Last week, U.S. intelligence suggested that organizations conducting research into COVID-19 may be targeted by computer hackers linked to the Chinese government. Do we have any evidence in Canada of that warning being a reality?
Scott Jones
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Scott Jones
2020-05-20 16:38
We issued a joint statement with our colleagues at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service warning that Canadian organizations can expect to be targeted not only...but by different foreign actors as well. One of the things we really emphasize is the need to take proactive measures against any actor who could go after this type of activity or be interested in this type of information. I think it was actually the first time that we issued a joint statement with CSIS, and in that case, it was to bring attention to that.
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Lib. (ON)
The warning there is about potential threats. Have any of those potential threats already been realized?
Scott Jones
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Scott Jones
2020-05-20 16:39
Our goal is to really make sure we're getting information out so that people can protect themselves before it becomes an actual incident—
Scott Jones
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Scott Jones
2020-05-20 16:39
We've seen some compromises in research organizations, which we've been helping to mitigate. We're still continuing to look through what the root cause of those is.
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Lib. (ON)
Do we have any evidence that any foreign actor has attempted a hack for COVID research?
Scott Jones
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Scott Jones
2020-05-20 16:39
That's something that we'd have to look into and get back to you on. We really look to see how to block the activity before it becomes a compromise, regardless of who the actor is. We put our attention to anybody who is targeting these types of organizations, be they criminals, states or individual hackers from around the world.
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Lib. (ON)
We have a warning from CSE and CSIS about the potential, it may have taken place and you're just not certain as of today.
Scott Jones
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Scott Jones
2020-05-20 16:40
We continue to work with organizations, but one of the things that we don't do.... There's not a giant magnifying glass looking at Canada and the Internet activity. We don't direct our activities at Canadians, so we really do rely on a partnership and an engagement with colleagues in the private sector, in research and in other levels of government to really try to report this and put the picture together.
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