Canadian spy agency reports hacking three criminal groups in 2025
2026-07-07T08:51:53Z•38d84aee425d8c30687c7c6f6b42114836a6aa172008184ef2391064b02f7df9
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What happened
The Record reports several distinct cyber incidents: Canada’s Communications Security Establishment carried out offensive operations in 2025 against three criminal targets including a ransomware-as-a-service gang, an online foreign extremist group, and drug traffickers. BonkDAO suffered a malicious governance proposal attack that allowed attackers to vote themselves roughly $20 million in BONK tokens. A major medical device manufacturer disclosed a breach impacting nearly 4 million people with access to Social Security numbers and health-related data. A Japanese teenager was arrested for using
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