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Canada says it was targeted by Russian cyber attacks
OTTAWA, Oct 4, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Canada said Thursday it too was targeted by
Russian cyber attacks, citing breaches at its centre for ethics in sports and
at the Montreal-based World Anti-doping Agency, after allies blamed Moscow
for some of the biggest hacking plots of recent years.
“The government of Canada assesses with high confidence that the Russian
military’s intelligence arm, the GRU, was responsible” for these cyber
attacks, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
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