Here We Go Again: Anonymous Tries to Hold the Canadian Government Ransom

Once again , the hacktivist collective Anonymous is threatening aspectacular security breach , this time , against the Canadian government activity . Yesterday , Anonymous hackerstold the National Postthey’d steal sensitive Canadian internal security text file . They ’re disposed to release enjoin documents if the military officer who fatally shot a British Columbian protestor last week is not arrested by Monday at 5 p.m. , Pacific time .

This could be a very serious big quite a little , or a entire load of bunk .

Anonymous would like us to think it ’s the former . To give the title some legs , Anonymous members sent the National Post a document , apparently from the Treasury Board of Canada , which details cybersecurity ascent at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service ( CSIS ) , Canada ’s undercover agent agency . The paper — whose authenticity has not yet been verify — includes discussion of cabinet commendation of millions to dollar to “ extend the Service ’s ( CSIS ’s ) guarantee corporate internet environment to its foreign station . ”

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anon. members tell the Post they ’ve spent several calendar month breaching Canadian governing websites , and have other sensitive documents and file that they ’re prepared to release as well .

James McIntyre , a former phallus of Anonymous , was blast last workweek while wearing the iconic Guy Fawkes masquerade party at a protest . The Canadian politics has already front a string of minor cyberattacks as fallout from the shooting .

Canadian government functionary say they ’re monitoring the situation nearly , but deny Anonymous ’s title that CSIS computers were hit with distributed denial of table service ( DDoS ) attacks last weekend . Other expert , however , separate the Post we should n’t get too complacent :

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Gabriella Coleman , a McGill University professor who is a leading academic expert on Anonymous and source of a late script on the hacktivists ’ history , said the activeness outlined to the Post “ decidedly matches the style ” of current Anonymous operations and seems credible .

“ the great unwashed now behave out [ Anon performance ] with a tidy sum more security and seriousness in mind , ” she said . “ This should be taken in earnest . ”

It ’s tough to say what , if anything , this will all amount to , but a healthy dose of mental rejection is warranted . Many , many anon. threats have turned out to be nothing but hot air . But one way or another , Anonymous is turn up yet again that it ’s still adequate to of causing a major rumpus .

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