Gaps in Ottawa's cyber defences could leave the government agencies holding vast amounts of data on Canadians and businesses susceptible to state-sponsored hackers from countries like China and Russia, says a new report from Parliament's security and intelligence committee.

Their report, tabled late Monday in the House of Commons, shows previous mistakes have allowed state-sponsored actors to infiltrate and steal government information over the past decade.

"Cyber threats to government systems and networks are a significant risk to national security and the continuity of government operations," says the report from the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians.

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