Britain was hit by 188 major cyber attacks over the past three months, including attempts by Russian hackers working for Moscow to capture foreign-policy and defence secrets from the UK government, said Ciaran Martin, the director of the nation's new GCHQ in London. The new organisation, run by British intelligence agency National Cyber Security Centre, will collaborate with businesses to help them counter the threat from increasingly aggressive hackers.
Britain was hit by 188 major cyber attacks over the past three months, including attempts by Russian hackers working for Moscow to capture foreign-policy and defence secrets from the UK government, said Ciaran Martin, the director of the nation's new National Cyber Security Centre in London. The new organisation, run by British intelligence agency GCHQ, will collaborate with businesses to help them counter the threat from increasingly aggressive hackers.