article_snippet: The Government is increasingly concerned that terrorists and enemy countries could seek to mount a crippling cyber-attack to bring down Britain’s economy, energy supply and national defences at the click of a mouse.
article_snippet: Attackers ranging from lone criminals to rogue states seek to steal industrial secrets or spread mayhem and fear.
article_snippet: A report recently found that four in every five big firms in the UK experienced some sort of serious cyber-security breach last year.
article_snippet: US movie giant Sony Pictures was also hacked by North Korea.
article_snippet: But experts say there is a dire shortage of specialists able to defend Britain’ s computer systems from increasingly sophisticated assaults by hostile states and terrorists.
highlights_snippet: The move comes amid growing threat of cyber-terrorism, say experts .