Cyber Attacks Official Alert UK

Cyber attacks Official alert regarding threat from Russia.

Oliver Dowden, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, has told the crowd at CyberUK conference in Belfast that a third of British businesses and charities suffered a cyber breach or attack in the last 12 months, describing ransomware as a “national security threat”.

Mr Dowden, who is also Secretary of State for National Investment Security, has launched a new cyber regime for the government called Gov Assure that ‘will assess every department’s cyber health on a regular basis’ to protect systems that run public services.