Activists and Diaspora Groups at ‘High Risk’ of State-Sponsored Cyber Attack, CSE Warns

A sign for the Government of Canada's Communications Security Establishment (CSE) outside their headquarters in Ottawa in a file photo. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

Canada’s cyberspy agency says countries like Russia and China are increasingly targeting non-profit and advocacy groups, as well as journalists and human rights activists.

The Communications Security Establishment issued the warning on May 14 in a joint advisory with the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Estonia and Finland.