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Originally Posted by OldDutch
Cyber Security in Canada wasn't really well thought of and funded until years later. Even today many IT firms struggle to get funds to implement simple technology like MFA, that would have stopped this cold. Back then it would have been more expensive, but very doable with a RFA Token device.
Probably the execs didn't see the issue, nor wanted the bother of having to use the token. Big mistake, but again the mentality was it couldn't really happen.
Nortel getting hacked by China is very old story in IT circles, and it absolutely did happen. They stole the IP, then built it, and was even able to see how Nortel was bidding on jobs, and they under cut them. They even exist today as Hauwei that contains or built on that stolen IP, and they sell it back to us, with probable back doors to steal more Intel. Hilarious!
I sat in a meeting room in Calgary in 2011 and was told any Chinese national or company was not allowed access to the company network under any circumstance. They brought up Nortel as an example of why. Basically said "If you give them a basic login, their gov't will steal everything of ours"
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Damn, that's a harshly discriminatory position to take with regard to Chinese nationals. Not shocking that it happens, even in 2011 and still no doubt happening today, but harsh.
Canada has many Chinese nationals who live in Canada full time yet retain their Chinese citizenship. They just live in Canada for the rest of their lives as permanent residents because China doesn't allow dual citizenship and they don't want to risk losing rights to interests they have back in China. They're legal permanent residents of Canada and part of Canadian society though, not people to fear or distrust.