Britain Under Attack
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 02/14/2017 03:13 PM
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According to The Guardian, GCHQ’s cybersecurity chief, Cirian Martin is alleging that the U.K. is under attack from Russian hackers.
Marin is reporting that the attacks are aimed at Britain by Russian-state sponsored cyberattacks which has targeted Britain and “threatened national security” to obtain top secret details on foreign policy and defense.
Over the last six months, the new National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) has blocked 34,550 attempted attacks, according to Chancellor Philip Hammond.
“In the case of government departments, [it is] getting into the system to extract information on UK government policy on anything from energy to diplomacy to information on a particular sector,” Martin said in an interview with the Sunday Times. “Over the last two years there has been a step change in Russian aggression in cyberspace. Part of that step change has been a series of attacks on political institutions, political parties, parliamentary organizations and that’s all very well evidenced by our international partners and widely accepted.”
Russia is not the only country behind the attacks, China is also a player in the game.
Chancellor Hammond is also warning that connected devices, IoT, could pose a significant vulnerability to state security. “Beyond hacked kettles and fridges, ‘internet of things’ devices, such as driverless cars, can present alarmingly real security threats that could be incredibly dangerous if the right security isn’t in place.”
Source: Hot for Security
Marin is reporting that the attacks are aimed at Britain by Russian-state sponsored cyberattacks which has targeted Britain and “threatened national security” to obtain top secret details on foreign policy and defense.Over the last six months, the new National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) has blocked 34,550 attempted attacks, according to Chancellor Philip Hammond.
“In the case of government departments, [it is] getting into the system to extract information on UK government policy on anything from energy to diplomacy to information on a particular sector,” Martin said in an interview with the Sunday Times. “Over the last two years there has been a step change in Russian aggression in cyberspace. Part of that step change has been a series of attacks on political institutions, political parties, parliamentary organizations and that’s all very well evidenced by our international partners and widely accepted.”
Russia is not the only country behind the attacks, China is also a player in the game.
Chancellor Hammond is also warning that connected devices, IoT, could pose a significant vulnerability to state security. “Beyond hacked kettles and fridges, ‘internet of things’ devices, such as driverless cars, can present alarmingly real security threats that could be incredibly dangerous if the right security isn’t in place.”
Source: Hot for Security
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