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From hacking to attacking, a look at Canada's cyberwarfare tools

Canadas electronic spy agency has developed an arsenal of cyberwarfare tools that include such capabilitiies as hacking into computer networks for espionage and launching destructive attacks. Here is a look at some of them.

The secret techniques developed by the Communications Security Establishment

Canadas electronic spy agency has developed an arsenal of cyberwarfare tools that include suchcapabilitiies as hacking into computer networks for espionage and launching destructive attacks, documents obtained by CBC News show.

A 2011 presentation by the Communications Security Establishment lists 32 suchcyber tactics. It's unclear whether they are actively used or in development. You can read about some of these CSE tactics below.