Kevin Schofield is Politics Editor of HuffPost UK.
Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks during a meeting with the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Defence at the Kremlin last week.Russia is launching regular cyber attack s on the UK in a doomed attempt to weaken the government’s support forIn a major speech on Monday, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Speaking at a Nato cyber defence conference at Lancaster House, McFadden will say: “Military hard-power is one thing. But cyberwar can be destabilising and debilitating. “In the last year, both the Russian military and its unofficial army of cyber criminals and hacktivists have not just stepped up their attacks, but widened their targets to a number of Nato members and partners.“The aim is to gain a strategic advantage and degrade the states that support Ukraine. In the UK, Russia has targeted our media, our telecoms, our political and democratic institutions, and our energy infrastructure.
“We know from history that appeasing dictators engaged in aggression against their neighbours only encourages them. Britain learned long ago the importance of standing strong on the face of such actions.
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