International. A couple of weeks after an Anonymous group attack on Canada's official websites in protest of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's anti-terrorism law, the Canadian Intelligence and Security Agency (CSIS) reported another intrusion.
A group identified by the name of Aerith claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on the CSIS website and the site of the ruling Conservative Party.
Public Safety Canada spokesman Jeremy Laurin said that despite the intrusion into the CSIS site, the agency's information "was not altered." "We're taking cybersecurity very seriously," Laurin told CBC news.
On June 17, various websites of the Government of Canada, such as the Department of Justice and the Senate, were intervened by the group Anonymous in protest against the bill bill Bill C-51, recently approved by the Senate.
"Today, Anons from all over the world took control of their rights," the group said in a robotically voiced video. "Stand up for your rights, take to the streets on June 20 and reject this law that is unjust and illegal." During Tuesday's cyberattack, the Aerith group said in an email to the CBC: "Yes, we are the perpetrators of the attack and we have something bigger planned."
Aerith claimed to be "a group, not an individual," and that the motive for the cyberattack was the anti-terrorism law and the trial that follows a 17-year-old accused of making false calls to the 911 emergency number in Canada and the United States.
The group also claimed responsibility for past cyberattacks on Toronto and Ottawa police sites. This Wednesday, on Canada Day, the capital of the country, Ottawa, and especially the seat of the Federal Parliament, will take extreme security measures to prevent new cyberattacks and attacks such as the one experienced by the parliament last October, where a soldier died.
