Well Oops...Our New Trading Partners?

"The Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre is aware of this incident and is already working with stakeholders in government and the private sector.
"We can tell you that the government of Canada is working to protect Canada's cyber networks, identify vulnerabilities and intrusions, and to defend against malicious cyber activity."
Public Safety Ministry spokesman, Jean-Paul Duval

Oh good!  Then we have nothing to worry about.  Not that we were.  Worried, that is.  No reason to be, since obviously our government security agencies are aware that hackers had managed to breach the security of software used by energy companies.  Think of the possible ramifications. 

If an alien agency - known for its malicious mischief and its penchant for issuing veiled (usually) threats to those who are considered to be opponents - has compromised security and had the ability to compromise a broad range of energy networks that the country is heavily reliant upon, the result would not be a celebratory event.

So, the compromising event has occurred.  But what could the source possibly be?  Ah, we can dimly recall the head of CSIS informing government and also the public on occasion that one very specific government has the means and the wherewithal and the inspiration to instruct its minions to undermine the confidence of other nations by covert cyber action such as closing down government Internet sites or extracting valuable data.

Oh, of course, not just government to access highly prioritized and secret data, schedules, formulae, but also private industry to scope out technical industrial secrets, vital blueprints ... something called industrial espionage...?  Could it possibly be that giant of a country that has been latterly swinging about its massive forearm, crushing the territorial claims of its neighbours?

Official Canada has demurred, declining to identify from whence has come this sovereign cyber-challenge.  But Calgary-based Telvent has given due warning to its customers with respect to the cyber-attack, the like of which has previously hit operations in the United States, Canada and Spain, events which the KrebsOnSecurity.com site recently reported.

Their expert cyber sleuths claim they have identified the critical digital 'fingerprints' remaining after the attack.  And those clues point directly to a Chinese source.  China is a devout subscriber to their very own theory that all is fair in energy and war.  For their part, those in the lion's den deny the legitimacy of such unwarranted suspicions.  Beijing is aghast, dreadfully upset at being fingered.

What interest might they have, after all, in inspiring chaos in the West as a result of interfering with the smooth technological, computerized flow of energy which business, government and the public are so dependent upon?  Well....