One of Canada’s intelligence agencies says a cyber threat actor “had the potential to cause physical damage” to a piece of critical infrastructure recently.
“I can report there was no physical damage to any Canadian energy infrastructure. But make no mistake — the threat is real,” said Sami Khoury, head of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security out of the Communications Security Establishment.
Earlier this week, leaked U.S. intelligence documents suggested Russian-backed hackers successfully gained access to Canada’s natural gas distribution network.
Khoury said he couldn’t share much more information about the hit.
“There’s a lot that happens behind the scenes, there’s a lot
