Canada Uses Civil Anti-Spam Law in Bid to Fine Malware Purveyors
Summary: Canada's CRTC executed a search warrant with the RCMP in March 2019 at the home of a Toronto software developer behind the Orcus RAT, a remote access trojan marketed on underground forums and used in malware attacks since 2015. The agency is pursuing the case under Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation, whose Section 8 covers surreptitious installation of software and Section 9 prohibits aiding such violations, with fines up to $1 million for individuals and $10 million for businesses.
Why it matters: CASL lets the CRTC act on a lower burden of proof than a criminal conviction, and Section 9 reaches intermediaries - email providers, hosts, and others - who facilitate violations through action or inaction, so a Canadian hosting footprint can now carry a $10 million exposure.
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