The Globe and Mail reports in its Wednesday, Jan. 18, edition that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service last year warned energy firms about an increasing risk of cyberespionage and cyberattacks on pipelines, oil storage and shipment facilities, and power transmission towers using homemade explosives. A Reuters dispatch to The Globe reports that CSIS's warning last May highlights an additional risk for the energy sector, where opposition to pipelines has increased in Canada. In the document, which features speaking notes prepared for a CSIS briefing with energy and utilities sector stakeholders, an unnamed official specifies a threat from foreign state-owned firms looking for confidential information about investments or takeovers. The official said, "You should expect your networks to be hit if you are involved in any significant financial interactions with certain foreign states." The hackers would want information on anything from valuations to tax records and client names, the official said. CSIS had collected evidence of such espionage in the past, the official said. The document did not show the foreign states whose companies may be linked to industrial espionage.