China’s Efforts to Steal Technology in Academia, Private Sector Escalating: CSIS Director

China’s efforts at technology theft is extending beyond government institutions to increasingly target academia and the private sector, Canada’s top intelligence official has warned. Canadian Security Intelligence Service director David Vigneault made the comment April 29 while testifying before the House of Commons special committee on the Canada–People’s Republic of China (PRC) relationship. “There’s been a tremendous amount of work done by our colleagues in the Communications Security Establishment to prevent a number of these [cyberattacks],” he said. “I think the statistics are mind-boggling in terms of the amount of attempts against government institutions every day.” “But more and more, what we see is that those entities—PRC hacking groups—are not only going after government institutions, but they’re also targeting the private sector and academia to acquire the kind of information and data they need to pursue their objectives.”...