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Canada’s electronic surveillance agency has secretly developed an arsenal of cyberweapons capable of stealing data and destroying adversaries’ infrastructure, according to newly revealed classified documents.

Communications Security Establishment, or CSE, has also covertly hacked into computers across the world to gather intelligence, breaking into networks in Europe, Mexico, the Middle East and North Africa, the documents show.

The revelations, reported Monday by CBC News in collaboration with The Intercept, shine a light for the first time on how Canada has adopted aggressive tactics to attack, sabotage and infiltrate targeted computer systems.

The latest disclosures come as the Canadian government debates whether to hand over more powers to its spies to disrupt threats as part of the controversial anti-terrorism law, Bill C-51.

Christopher Parsons, a surveillance expert at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, told CBC News that the new revelations showed that Canada’s computer networks had already been “turned into a battlefield without any Canadian being asked: Should it be done? How should it be done?”

According to documents obtained by The Intercept from National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, CSE has a wide range of powerful tools to perform “computer network exploitation” and “computer network attack” operations. These involve hacking into networks to either gather intelligence or to damage adversaries’ infrastructure, potentially including electricity, transportation or banking systems. The most well-known example of a state-sponsored “attack” operation involved the use of Stuxnet, a computer worm that was reportedly developed by the United States and Israel to sabotage Iranian nuclear facilities.

One document from CSE, dated from 2011, outlines the range of methods the Canadian agency has at its disposal as part of a “cyber activity spectrum” to both defend against hacking attacks and to perpetrate them. CSE says in the document that it can “disable adversary infrastructure,” “control adversary infrastructure,” or “destroy adversary infrastructure” using the attack techniques. It can also insert malware “implants” on computers to steal data.

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https://www.hackread.com/new-snowden-documents-expose-canadas-hidden-cyber-warfare-strength/ (https://www.hackread.com/new-snowden-documents-expose-canadas-hidden-cyber-warfare-strength/)

They know they won't ever be able to keep up militarily offensively/defensively through traditional hardware. Not a bad idea to advance on the cyber frontier. Brand new and the effects can be crippling as was seen in Iran.

That's right bitches.  And we're coming for Hawaii next!

Stay away from this place, we don't need your outside opinion in this, Mr. Vod. Lots of good things can happen while you're in bed.

Oh come on!!  You don't need it - you have Florida already...   :-\

For some reason terrorism in Canada doesn't seem like a big threat to me. I guess terrorism is just the guise they try push through these 'controversial' measures because otherwise they wouldn't have a hope of getting passed. Surprised the public still buys it though.

It's been over a decade or two (I don't recall exactly how long ago) Canada developed a command ship capable of hacking and taking control over an entire aircraft carrier fleet and if threatened could switch to an identical vessel halfway around the world.

Despite our kind and gentle nature... We are not to be messed about with...!