Canada Predicts Hacking From India as Diplomatic Feud Escalates (bloomberg.com) 35
Canada is bracing for Indian government-backed hacking as the two nations' diplomatic relationship nosedives to its lowest ebb in a generation. From a report: "We judge that official bilateral relations between Canada and India will very likely drive Indian state-sponsored cyber threat activity against Canada," the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security said in its annual threat report published Wednesday, adding that such hackers are probably already conducting cyber-espionage.
This month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet and Canadian police have ramped up a remarkable campaign of public condemnations against India, accusing Narendra Modi's officials of backing a wave of violence and extortion against Canadians on Canadian soil -- particularly those who agitate for carving out a separate Sikh state in India called Khalistan. India has rejected the accusations and believes some Khalistan activists to be terrorists harbored by Canada.
This month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet and Canadian police have ramped up a remarkable campaign of public condemnations against India, accusing Narendra Modi's officials of backing a wave of violence and extortion against Canadians on Canadian soil -- particularly those who agitate for carving out a separate Sikh state in India called Khalistan. India has rejected the accusations and believes some Khalistan activists to be terrorists harbored by Canada.
trudeau and his cronies (Score:2, Insightful)
Waaaaathist!!! (Score:2, Insightful)
The last resort wail of the idiot with no counter argument.
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>why is he so racist
If only he was; he wouldn't have invited in hundreds of thousands of them in over the last few years, and the "separatist" problem would remain in India.
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I don't think it's racist to think that the BJP is a undemocratic, nationalist, authoritarian party, with its leader Modi being only marginally better than the average member.
Their preferred technique is to rig the media via regulations, threats and disinformation rather than to rig the actual polling stations, and their information operations do not stop at the Indian border. And not just disinformation. Are they above plotting to kill Sikh separatists in North America? [youtube.com] Well, the evidence there looks so
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Modi cosying up to Putin recently (Score:3, Insightful)
Shows his true nature and whats in store for india if he's not voted out at the next election. If he allows it.
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India's already playing both sides. Personally, I think any nation that isn't willing to stand against Russia's invasion of Ukraine has announced they don't care about national borders and sovereignty. That they're OK with "might makes right".
As such, I don't think anybody should feel bound to offer any kind of support when they have territorial disputes.
Of course, the biggest threat to India there is probably China, and they're also supporting Putin.
this is how I read this..... (Score:1)
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And Steve Bannon
The massive fraudster? https://www.nbcnews.com/politi... [nbcnews.com] He sure sounds like a trustworthy individual.
Re: this is how I read this..... (Score:1)
And Canada in the past has on multiple occasions accuse the US of hacking during elections. Even threatened to take the issue to the ICC?
Re: this is how I read this..... (Score:2)
Surely you mean the opposite, no?
You say âoeCanada told the USâ, but it will be the US that told Canada (since, unlike CSIS, the NSA actually has some teeth).
I expect this is why Trudeau canâ(TM)t reveal any hard evidence for any of it â" heâ(TM)s been given it by the US on the strict proviso that he doesnâ(TM)t publicly reveal details or the source (which might reveal their sources/spies).
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they outsource hacking to themselves, who are cheap, but ya git what you pay for.
Anyone in a spat with (Score:3)
...Canada has a problem. Canada is arguable the most peaceful nation on this planet. They wouldn't pick a fight with a flea.
Modi is an asshole and dictator-wannabe, jailing and threatening opposition and the press on trumped-up charges, and treating Muslims like shit to kiss up to majority religion. I'm hesitant to classify India as a "democracy" because Modi controls so much.
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The Coward of the Cottage loves attention and will do anything to stay in the limelight.
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Sounds terrible. Why hasn’t an election ever been voted for yet?
Pocket over sockit (Score:2)
In Canada or India? East Indians tend to vote their pocket-book, like Americans. India's economy has been growing under Modi, so most voters mentally downplay his authoritarian mayhem. (Gee, where have we seen that before?) Plus, Modi's control of the press limits voters' perspective on his slimy deeds.
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Canada.
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Don't forget the 130 Catholic Churches that have been burned down because of his Residential School Hoax or his illegal seizure of the trucker donors' bank accounts.
But the real 'problem' is his idea to merge with China and how much India detests China.
It's a huge pile of bad ideas mixed with prejudice that civilized people should get past.
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You really do fall for fake news. https://theconversation.com/we... [theconversation.com]
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Agreed 100%.
When Kennedy accused Russia and Cuba of staging nuclear missiles in Cuba and they denied that, then Adlai Stevenson II (US ambassador to the UN at the time) provided LOTS of photographs PROVING that the communists were lying. Because the proof was provided, the UN took it seriously.
However, Trudeau and his minions simply trot out their accusations whenever it's politically expedient, instead of when they are actually ready to back up their accusations with facts. While this helps them deflect re
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It is usually a bad sign if Canada gets angry with your country. Which is a pretty nice reputation to have, honestly.
We're far from perfect, but starting shit with other nations isn't one of our big faults.
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They wouldn't pick a fight with a flea.
As a Canadian I resent that and would like to challenge you to a duel.
Wait, the hockey game is on ... will get back to you.
Not Canada, Trudeau cabinet (Score:1)
Canada is backed into a corner (Score:3)
Here's how it started, as far as I know. Over the past few decades, people from a state in India called Punjab who are of Sikh religion, have been fleeing to Canada. This is because they accuse India of oppressing them in their state (some Indians will say that the claims of sustained widespread oppression while having some truth was exaggerated to get refugee visa approval, and now they started believing their own claims -- who knows, it might be true it might be a blend). Anyway, the bottom line is those people want the Punjab state to break away from India and form a new country called Khalistan. So many hundreds of thousands of Punjabians have fled to Canada that they now comprise a pander-worthy population there. Therefore they've been pressuring Trudeau to press India's president Narendra Modi to quit oppressing the Khalistani people and give them more autonomy. Nevermind that it's likely (as I understand it) that most of the people who care about Khalistan are the people in Canada. As I understand it, most Sikhs or Punjabians currently living in India don't really give a shit about it. Anyway, it started with Trudeau inviting a person who had attempted to killed an Indian cabinet member to a dinner and now it's escalated to Canada placing trade restrictions, withdrawing diplomats, and accusing India of spying on Canadian Punjabis and being complicit in the murder of a prominent Khalistan movement activist on Canadian soil last year.
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To put this in perspective, this would be like Cuba sending hit squads to the U.S. to take out American citizens who speak out against the authoritarian Cuban regime. You can imagine what the American response might be; likely more than cutting diplomatic relations.
The issue (Score:2)
India is commiting acts of terrorism against Canadian immigrants because it wants them to shut up about Sikh separatism. We're happy to jail people who commit acts of terrorism. If India had a case against the people they targeted for committing actual crimes, Canada's pretty happy to cooperate in line with any treaties or domestic laws on our books.
India chose murder, abusing their diplomatic presence to arrange it, then decided to get pissy when we dared to object.
Fuck India. It was looking better for