New Delhi: India on Saturday slammed Canada for naming it in the list of countries considered cyberthreat “adversaries”, describing the “categorization” as another example of the Canadian strategy to “attack” the country.
The National Cyber Threat Assessment 2025-2026 report issued by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, Canada’s technical authority on cyber security, alleged that Indian state-sponsored actors “likely conduct cyber threat activity against government of Canada networks for espionage”.
Their senior officials have “openly confessed” that they are seeking to “manipulate global opinion against India”, and as on other occasions, imputations are made “without any evidence,” Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told reporters in response to queries on the issue.
Pointing to the recent Canadian classification of India as a ‘cyber adversary’, alongside Russia, China, and North Korea, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal termed it as another example to “attack” India.
“This appears to be another example of a Canadian strategy to attack India. As I mentioned earlier, their senior officials have openly confessed that they are seeking to manipulate global opinion against India. As on other occasions, imputations are made without any evidence,” Jaiswal stated.
Jaiswal stated that some Indian consular officials were recently informed by the Canadian government about the ongoing surveillance.
He also criticized Canada for attempting to justify its actions by citing technicalities, arguing that such justifications cannot excuse what he described as harassment and intimidation of Indian diplomatic personnel.
On Wednesday, the Canadian signals intelligence agency that monitors foreign-based cyber threats said New Delhi was most likely already conducting threatening cyber activity against Canadian networks for spying purposes, reported Reuters.
“As Canada and India potentially may have some tensions, we may see India want to flex those cyber threat actions against Canadians,” the report said quoting Caroline Xavier, head of the agency, known as Communications Security Establishment Canada.
