Canada's domestic spy agency looking to hire hackers and data scientists

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https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2019/01/03/canadas-domestic-spy-agency-looking-to-hire-hackers-and-data-scientists.html

By ALEX BOUTILIER
Ottawa Bureau
The Star
Jan. 3, 2019

OTTAWA -- Canada's domestic spy agency is in the market for hackers.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) wants to hire a "network 
exploitation analyst" to assist the agency in "cyber investigative 
activities."

The successful candidate will be expected to build new tools for the spy 
agency to carry out electronic snooping, develop and maintain a database 
of "malware" exploits, and provide analysis of "technical artifacts," 
according to the job posting.

CSIS, which investigates activities suspected of constituting threats to 
national security, can and routinely does rely on its sister agency, the 
Communication Security Establishment (CSE), for high-tech help with its 
espionage efforts. While CSE is focused on gathering foreign intelligence 
and is forbidden from spying on Canadians, it can assist domestic law 
enforcement and intelligence agencies with their own investigations.

But one spy watcher said CSIS building up an in-house capability for cyber 
spying may have less to do with traditional espionage than with its new 
powers actually to disrupt threats to Canada.

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