Before you point fingers at your favourite likely culprit, you should recall that three years ago Canadian electronic spies hacked the Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy. This was revealed through a series of slides prepared by the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC). Those in turn were part of the leaked trove of information provided by Edward Snowden.

Speaking at the time to the Globe and Mail, security expertPaulo Pagliusi said he was “astonished” by Canada’s hacking power.

www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/canadas-hacking-power-awes-brazilian-security-expert/article14850467/

So, two points. Don't angrily accuse other countries of doing what we have long been doing ourselves. And if you think that only the Russians or Chinese would be the hackers, you are probably naive.