Canada’s cybersecurity agency’s acknowledgment that it is undertaking “foreign cyber operations” to actively disrupt cybercrime from across the world is significant because it shows Canada’s effort in fighting international cyber threats and transparency to the agency’s activities, experts say. Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) said Monday that it has both the “active” (offensive) and defensive…

Canada’s cybersecurity agency’s acknowledgment that it is undertaking “foreign cyber operations” is significant as it shows the agency’s willingness to engage in activity that involves questions of authorization of operations in other jurisdictions, and is joining allies in actively deferring cyber threats. Christopher Parson, senior research associate at Citizen Lab, said on social media that…