Anonymous Attacks The Canadian Government and Leaks Classified Data

In the real world, the establishment counteracts instances of criminality by an extensive array of resources and a structured organisation. In cyberspace, groups such as Anonymous are organised, well versed in operational hacking activities and are able to use tools which are inexpensive, perhaps this is why governments and companies have yet to get a grip on data which has metaphorically walked out the door, hitched a plane and ended up on someone else’s computer.

The fore mentioned Anonymous have looked to be using techniques to again prise open the gates to documents, as reports have begun to circulate over the leaking of yet another high-level federal document concerning the redevelopment of Canada’s key diplomatic centres in Britain. This alleged leak is the second in a campaign against the Canadian government with the information purporting to include budgetary deficits and the “selling, relocating and refurbishing of Canada’s diplomatic buildings in London”

The documents belong to the Treasury Board of Canada and are dated 6^th February 2014, or if this is as many are believing to be authentic, a now very irritated Treasury Board of Canada. These leaks are an attempt by the Cyber infiltration group “to pressure the government over the fatal shooting of a protester in B.C. and the passing of Bill C-51, the controversial anti-terrorism bill that gave expanded powers to police and Canada’s spy agency”.

Meanwhile, sources say that federal authorities are comparing versions of the documents and scanning for discrepancies that may help track down from whose hands it may have slipped.

Have I any sympathy for the Canadian government? Well, you know me don’t you; it demonstrates poor Cyber awareness and a lack of safe practise in the storage of classified documents, remember, the infrastructure has not been breached by a country attacking another state but by a hacktivist group.

Governments are losing the argument when it comes to attacking the criminality of these acts, after all, the actions by this group are against the law, but for me, so are the increased surveillance capabilities of agencies and the implementation and recruitment of external hacking teams, as in the case of, well Hacking Team to be precise.

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same”. Ronald Regan

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