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Canadian spy agency reports hacking three criminal groups in 2025

The Record · · International · Data Breaches

A ransomware-as-a-service gang, an online foreign extremist group and drug traffickers were separately the targets of offensive operations in 2025, according to Canada's Communications Security Establishment.

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