Canadian Government Hit by Hackers 2,300,000,000,000 Times Last Year

In the past fiscal year, Canada’s electronic intelligence organization revealed that it successfully thwarted an astonishing 2.3 trillion “malicious actions” targeting the federal government. This translates to an average of an astounding 6.3 billion disruptions per day.
In its most recent annual report released on Thursday, the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) disclosed a comprehensive account of its endeavors spanning from April 2022 to March 2023. 

The report outlines the agency’s endeavors to safeguard the nation, and its critical infrastructure, and counter foreign hacking activities, political manipulation, and cybercrime.
The volume of hacking attempts targeting the federal government seems to have surged beyond previous years, as indicated by the latest findings. 

In the 2020-21 report, the CSE stated that its automated defenses typically neutralized an average of two billion to seven billion “malicious actions” against the government daily. Similarly, in the following year (2021-22), the agency reported averting approximately three billion to five billion actions per day. 

According to Robyn Hawco, spokesperson for the CSE, the rise in blocked actions is likely a result of the agency’s improved ability to prevent such incidents, in addition to an escalation in the global cyber threat landscape. In an emailed statement, Hawco emphasized that Canada’s federal institutions

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