India may 'flex' cyber threats against Canada, security officials warn

Though China, Russia and Iran remain Canada’s “greatest strategic cyber threats,” India was identified as an additional “emerging threat actor” by Canadian cyber security officials in an Ottawa press conference on Wednesday.

As detailed in the latest biennial National Cyber Threat Assessment (NCTA), the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS) and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) warned that if Canada’s relationship with India continues to decline, the risk of cyber threat activity against Canadian nationals and organizations could increase.

“As Canada and India potentially may have some tensions, it is possible that we may see India want to flex those cyber threat actions against Canadians,” CSE chief Caroline Xavier said.

Diplomatic relations between India and Canada have soured since 2023, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canadian intelligence agencies had credible evidence linking agents of the Indian government to the assassination of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C.

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[TheGruntski]

Would all this go away if Canada respected those Interpol red notes and Indian arrest warrants and sent alleged criminals back to India for trial?

[viksjolt]

They probably say "INDIA" a million times in their sleep as well😂😂😂

[nisargvaid]

Canada is such a joke..I can’t believe they acting so weirdly..😂😂

[joyid]

Man even Pakistan shows some decorum, Canada is really streching it.

[Centurio-LegioX-Equestris]

Meanwhile boats are still landing on Canada's

[sciencequake]

Khalistani propaganda, successfully progragated

[rishabhsharma]

The people of Canada want these criminals to be thrown out of Canada and India wants these criminals to be handed back to India, so the Canadian government should at least listen to the people of Canada.

[neovenkata]

Yes yes let's keep the India drama going to distract people from the actual chineese interference happening.

[Aryan_Sanan]

Reporter = Whats the Source
Speaker= You have to Trust me 😂 Don't you see my skin is White

[ushybpv]

So what are you going to do about it. Let me guess, bring another million of them over to Canada without vetting?

[KoolKat]

Canada is becoming more and more of a joke everyday

[harshvardhan]

Canadian govt and police fairly tales continues ….

[jeepstuff]

Look how many from India are within Canada now. They will do it from within Canada

[JayQuest]

You guys are identifying this as a problem now...

[Meandbroafter]

What kind of racism is this?
Just because we have software engineers doesn't mean unknown engineers will attack maple syrup people ...
Irrelevant people seeking validation 😂

[saralgupta]

India is threatening the very existence of Canada😂

[TorontoRaptors-on]

India only laughs about these panic in Canada. My suggestion is to hire some Indian immigrants to combat cyber threats from India 😂

[prosenjhanjh]

This type of immature statement from Canadian officials can't fix the relation with India but definitely it's will be worse then their thinking.

[suneshnirmalkm]

Why would India launch a cyber attack on Canada. Canada is very far away country and Canada is not that significant to Indian in trade or particularly on anything.

[harshvardhan]

Enough is enough india must teach lesson to Canada in its own language it understand …..