Canadian spy agency says it hacked drug traffickers, extremists and a ransomware gang last year

Canada’s Communications Security Establishment disclosed it conducted three foreign active cyber operations last year: disruptive actions against brokers facilitating fentanyl production, signals intelligence collection and undermining of an overseas extremist group, and an operation that rendered a ransomware-as-a-service gang’s infrastructure inoperable (including deleting server data). The agency also performed a defensive operation to disrupt a phishing campaign targeting Canadian federal institutions; the report omits technical specifics and locations.