Cameron Ortis from RCMP convicted of violating Security of Information Act in one of Canada’s largest ever security breaches

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/9931101

A jury has found the former head of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police intelligence unit guilty of leaking state secrets, the first time a Canadian has been convicted under the country’s Security of Information Act.

[RCMP is not an “intelligence” agency. Misnomer by the Guardian].

  • qaz@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Ortis said the counterpart informed him in strict confidence about an online encryption service called Tutanota that was secretly set up to monitor communications of interest.

    So he’s saying Tutanota is a honeypot? Why would he say that now? There’s still plenty of people using it afaik.