NCSC: UK Facing Category One Cyber-Attack

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Phil Muncaster UK / EMEA News Reporter , Infosecurity Magazine

The UK is likely to be hit by a “category one” (C1) cyber-attack in the next couple of years, crippling key parts of its critical infrastructure, according to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).
NCSC boss Ciaran Martin claimed the UK has been fortunate to escape the kind of attacks seen in the US and France in recent years, but warned that it was a case of “when, not if.”Interference in the US presidential elections and the cyber-attack that took out French TV network TV5Monde — both attributed to Russia — were C1 attacks.
“I think it is a matter of when, not if and we will be fortunate to come to the end of the decade without having to trigger a category one attack,” Martin told the Guardian.
“Some attacks will get through. What you need to do is cauterize the damage.”
In October, the NCSC claimed it tackled 1131 incident reports in its first year of operation, with 590 classed as “significant.”
A month later, both Martin and Prime Minister Theresa May warned about increasing Russian attempts to target UK media, telecoms and energy sectors as part of its bid to “undermine the international system.”
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