A Canadian tech company that has received millions of dollars in funding from the Ontario government is allegedly implicated in a spy incident involving an Egyptian presidential candidate, according to a new report.
Researchers from The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto’s Munk School shared in a press release Friday that they believe, with “high confidence,” technology produced by the Waterloo, Ont.-based firm Sandvine was used in multiple attempts to infect spyware technology into the device of Ahmed Altantawy, a former Egyptian lawmaker who recently announced his intentions to run for Egypt’s highest office.
It takes the Star about 3/4 of the article to mention the funding came from the Wynne and McGuinty governments.
