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SECRET MEMO WARNS OF CANADIAN CYBER THREAT AFTER POTASH AND NORTEL ATTACK

Posted on June 7, 2012

Cyber attacks pose a greater risk to Canada's economic prosperity than the government previously believed and the country lacks the tools to fight hackers, officials warn in internal documents obtained by Bloomberg News.

"All new knowledge obtained indicates the problem is more widespread than previously thought," said a "secret"-stamped memo to Public Safety Minister Vic Toews from his deputy minister, obtained under Canada's freedom-of-information law.

Canada is trying to bolster its defences as countries deploy increasingly advanced technology to disrupt their enemies' networks and gain access to trade secrets. Some of Canada's biggest companies, such as Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. and Nortel Networks Corp., have been targeted.

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