The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
(CRTC) has served its first warrant under Canada's
Anti-Spam Law (CASL) to take down a Toronto-based command and
control server. The malware family Win32/Dorkbot had reportedly
infected more than a million personal computers in 190
countries.
The CRTC has repeatedly stated that it is working together in close
collaboration with other countries to address spam, malware and
other "online threats". In this case, the CRTC
collaborated with the FBI, Europol, Interpol, Microsoft, and the
RCMP, among others. The CRTC Chief Compliance and Enforcement
Officer, Manon Bombardier, has said that "partnerships between
domestic and international law enforcement agencies are key in the
fight against transnational cyber threats". CASL expressly
provides for sharing information among the Government of Canada,
various Canadian enforcement agencies, and the government of a
foreign state or international organization, for
