Cybersecurity
U.K. Cyber Security Center Says Most Attacks Are From Hostile States
- Report reveals how operational code names are computer-made
- Companies need to stop hanging up on ‘prankster’ NCSC agents
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The U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre blamed hostile foreign states for the majority of the 1,167 attacks it has handled in the two years it’s been running, equivalent to 10 assaults a week.
In the organization’s second annual report, published Tuesday, Chief Executive Officer Ciaran Martin wrote he’s in “little doubt” the U.K. will be victim of a “Category One Attack” on critical national infrastructure in the future, highlighting Russia as one of the states most likely to launch an assault.