Parliamentarians Targeted by Beijing-Linked Hackers Kept in the Dark, Liberal and Tory MPs Say

Liberal and Conservative MPs say the government never warned a group of 18 parliamentarians critical of Beijing it was being targeted by hackers linked to the Chinese regime. “Canadian legislators should have been informed as soon as possible, especially given the progressive nature of this attack,” Liberal MP John McKay and Tory MP Garnett Genuis said in an April 29 statement. The two MPs are the Canadian co-chairs of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC). The international group of cross-party legislators seeks to change how democratic countries deal with Beijing, with a focus on upholding human rights and preserving national integrity. The statement from Mr. McKay and Mr. Genuis is related to an IPAC announcement on the same day saying it has “confirmed with intelligence” that 18 MPs and senators were targeted by a group of Chinese state-sponsored hackers called APT31 in 2021....