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#4 The Hacker News general June 22, 2026 at 09:11 UTC

Canada’s Spy Agency Used First-of-Its-Kind Warrant to Clean Botnet-Infected Devices

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

Canada's CSIS obtained a first-of-its-kind threat reduction warrant — publicly released June 15 — authorizing agents to remotely access and neutralize two foreign-operated botnets affecting Canadian servers, home routers, and IoT devices. This marks the first documented use of CSIS's threat reduction warrant powers for active botnet disruption, setting a significant legal precedent for intelligence-led cyber defense operations. The ruling expands the toolkit available to Canadian authorities beyond passive monitoring to active infrastructure intervention.

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