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Pandemic is fuelling foreign espionage in Canada, says security committee | CBC News

Pandemic is fuelling foreign espionage in Canada, says security committee | CBC News

Pandemic is fuelling foreign espionage in Canada, says security committee | CBC News
Apr 12, 2021 1 min, 2 secs

The pandemic is driving some foreign states to ramp up their espionage efforts against Canadian targets — including companies engaged in vaccine development — says a new report from one of Canada's key national security oversight committees.

The warning is found in the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians's (NSICOP) annual report, which was tabled in the House of Commons today.

The report said Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom have been targeted by the intelligence sectors of China, Russia and Iran.

According to NSICOP's paper, the Communications Security Establishment — Canada's foreign signals intelligence agency — reports that state-sponsored actors have targeted Canada looking for vaccine information.

"Specifically, CSE noted that these actors have demonstrated an interest in information related to vaccine research and development, medical equipment, and response coordination," says the report.

The report said the Canadian Security Intelligence Service also has expressed concern about foreign contact-tracing apps developed during the pandemic.

The report is heavily redacted but provides some details of how China is trying to steal Canadian intellectual property.

NSICOP was set up to to give certain parliamentarians access to top-secret materials and to allow them to question leaders in the security and intelligence community.

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