Chinese state-backed hackers breached 20 Canadian government networks over four years, agency warns

Summarized in its National Cyber Threat Assessment 2025-2026, a biennial report intended to warn the public of threats and to guide cybersecurity strategy, the CCCS said Canadian critical infrastructure, industry — including the research and development sector — and government agencies have all been targeted by Chinese actors.

(Pdf report)

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Just last week, the CCCS warned that over the last few months a Chinese threat actor has been conducting reconnaissance scans against a range of Canadian networks

cyber.gc.ca/en/news-events/sta

The agency didn’t detect compromise but warned the scanning was likely an attempt to discover vulnerabilities

therecord.media/canada-20-gove

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Thank you for this report link.

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