Cyber attacks and terrorism head threats facing UK
Baku, October 18 (AZERTAC). Attacks on computer networks are among the biggest emerging threats to the UK, the government has said in its new national security strategy, according to BBC News.
The report highlights cyber crime, alongside terrorism and a flu pandemic, among the key dangers to UK security.
There will be an extra £500m to bolster cyber security, focused on protecting key infrastructure and defense assets.
Foreign Secretary William Hague said that, unless addressed, this could threaten the UK`s “economic welfare”.
The strategy will form the background for Tuesday`s Strategic Defense Review, where annual cuts of 8% to the defense budget over the next four years are expected.
The National Security Council, set up by David Cameron in May, has published an updated approach to national security which identifies 16 threats to the UK.
The most serious - which it is calling “Tier 1” - comprise acts of international terrorism, hostile computer attacks on UK cyberspace, a major accident or natural hazard such as a flu pandemic, or an international military crisis between states drawing in the UK and its allies.
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