According to the Politico poll of polls Labour’s average lead over the Conservatives has fallen to 15 points
Lindy Cameron, chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), will give a speech to the CyberUK conference in Belfast later. As PA Media reports in a preview story, she will focus on the threat posed by China.
In an interview with the Today programme this morning, Cameron also warned that infrastructure in the UK was at risk from cyber attacks launched by groups acting on behalf of Russia. She said:
What we’ve seen over the last few months is a change in intent by what we are describing as state-aligned groups – organisations that are sympathetic to the Russian government’s position and where we see some intent to try and target the UK’s critical national infrastructure.
What we are still seeing is quite low-level activity but it is really important that our critical national infrastructure is well protected and resilient, as we called out in the recent integrated review refresh.
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