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Foreign ‘threat actors’ are targeting Canada’s upcoming federal elections: report
Published on July 2, 2019 / By Matthew Chapman

On Tuesday, The Daily Beast reported that an unspecified foreign power has made moves to target the upcoming federal elections in Canada.

“Threat actors are seeking to influence the Canadian public and interfere with Canada’s democratic institutions and processes,” said Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) spokesperson Tahera Mufti to the Beast in an emailed statement. The agency did not offer details on the specific nature of the political targeting.

The Communications Security Establishment (CSE), which overseas Canadian cybersecurity, has reportedly also briefed security-cleared officials of federal political parties on “covert and overt” attempts to influence the campaign, so that they can “strengthen internal security practice and behaviours.”

It is currently unknown what foreign power is behind the plot. But Canada has tense foreign relations with Russia and China — two nations known for state-sponsored cyberattacks. Experts expect that these attacks may grow worse in coming months.

Canada’s federal elections will take place on October 21.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/07/foreign-threat-actors-are-targeting-canadas-upcoming-federal-elections-report/

Or Murrican rightewingnuts?

Or Murrican rightewingnuts?

That's possible, especially with the Conservatives importing a bunch of the American right wing hired guns to throw shit all over the campaign. Their latest one, which they got caught at, was to give Trudeau darker skin in one of their ads so it would bring out the red neck in their dumb ass followers. Next will be swarming all the "comment' sections of news stories so that it wound like there are no Liberal or NDP supporters.

I have no idea why any foreign governments would try to sway our elections. We're pretty harmless.

Or maybe we aren't.