Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) disclosed that it carried out state-authorized active cyber operations in 2025 against a foreign extremist group, overseas drug traffickers tied to fentanyl chemicals, and a ransomware-as-a-service gang. The operations disrupted recruitment, diminished trafficking activity, and disabled ransomware infrastructure while deleting stolen data advertised on the dark web. #CSE #fentanyl #ransomwareasaservice
Keypoints
- CSE revealed three active cyber operations against foreign threats in 2025.
- One operation disrupted an extremist group’s recruitment and credibility.
- Another targeted overseas traffickers selling chemicals used to make fentanyl.
- A third operation mapped and disrupted a ransomware-as-a-service gang.
- CSE also said it disrupted infrastructure used by 10 major ransomware gangs.
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