UK's cyber attack

MPs question UK's cyber attack defences

The Commons Public Accounts Committee said ministers had taken too long to consolidate the "alphabet soup" of agencies tasked with stopping attacks.

Cyber attacks are ranked among the top four risks to UK national security.

The government said it had acted with "pace and ambition" on the issue.

In November, Chancellor Philip Hammond said that hostile "foreign actors" were developing techniques that threatened the country's electrical grid and airports.

 

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