Canada's 2015 federal election, which brought Trudeau's Liberals to power, was targeted by low-sophistication cyber threat activity.
OTTAWA/TORONTO: Canada's electronic spy agency said on Friday it was "very likely" that hackers will try to influence Canada's 2019 elections and it planned to advise political parties next week on how to guard against cyber threats.
The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) agency said it had not detected any nation-state attempts to interfere in prior Canadian elections but saw risk from hacktivists.
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