UK to launch specialist cyber force able to target terror groups
by Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#4ZY7C)
GCHQ and Ministry of Defence to roll out national task force of hackers after months of delay
A specialist cyber force of hackers who can target hostile states and terror groups is due to be launched later in the spring, after many months of delays and turf wars between the Ministry of Defence and GCHQ.
The National Cyber Force - containing an estimated 500 specialists - has been in the works for two years but sources said that after months of wrangling over the details, the specialist unit was close to being formally announced.
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