Russian hackers want to ‘disrupt or destroy’ UK infrastructure, minister warns
by Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#6AY4Q)
Cabinet Office secretary, Oliver Dowden, to issue national alert and urge companies to boost cybersecurity
Russian hackers organised along the lines of the paramilitary Wagner group are seeking to disrupt or destroy" parts of the UK's critical national infrastructure, a cabinet minister will warn at a cyber conference in Belfast on Wednesday.
Oliver Dowden, the Cabinet Office minister, will issue a national alert to key businesses amid growing international concern that as Russia struggles in Ukraine, an under-pressure Kremlin is searching for new ways to threaten the west.
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