http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/06/06/MNPQ1OTO3J.DTL Bloomberg June 7, 2012 Ottawa -- Cyber attacks pose a greater risk to Canada's economy than the government previously believed, and the country lacks the tools to fight hackers, officials warn in internal documents obtained by Bloomberg News. "All new knowledge obtained indicates the problem is more widespread than previously thought," said a memo stamped "secret"and sent to Public Safety Minister Vic Toews from his deputy minister. It was obtained under Canada's freedom-of-information law. Canada is trying to bolster its defenses as countries deploy increasingly advanced technology to disrupt their enemies' networks and gain access to trade secrets. Some of Canada's biggest companies, such as Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan and Nortel Networks, have been targeted. Poor security against cyber attacks "is increasingly recognized as impacting not just national security, but also public safety and economic prosperity through growing cyber crime and loss of intellectual property," states the August 2011 memo to Toews from deputy William Baker, who retired in April. [...] -- We're in a bit of a budget crunch, Help InfoSec News with a Donation http://www.infosecnews.org/donate.htmlReceived on Fri Jun 08 2012 - 00:53:59 PDT
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