The person responsible for National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC) of the United Kingdom, Richard Hornestated this Tuesday that the United Kingdom must wake up before “the aggression and recklessness” that Russia represents online and in the face of the risks posed by “Highly sophisticated” Chinese hackers.
In a speech in London to present the annual report prepared by the National Cyber Security Center, Horne, who took up this position last October, warned about the “widening distance” between the threats that this country currently faces. and existing defenses to protect businesses and public services.
The report reveals an increase in serious cyber incidents affecting the UK in 2023-2024.
Horne warned that the danger continues to be in this “widely underestimated” country both by public organizations and those in the private sector.
According to him, it is necessary to increase the “pace” at which work is currently being done so that the United Kingdom can be “ahead of its adversaries.”
In his appearance, the head of the National Cybersecurity Center also warned of “the aggression and recklessness of the cyberactivity that we see from Russia, both from organizations linked to the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin and groups that operate without direct control from the Kremlin.”
“We can see how the cyber attacks are increasingly important for Russian agents, along with threats of sabotage to physical security, something the director general of the intelligence services has spoken about MI5 recently,” he said.
“Meanwhile,” he added, China remains a highly sophisticated cyber agent with a growing ambition to project its influence beyond its borders.”
Despite this, Horne considers that “the severity of the risk facing the United Kingdom is widely underestimated”.
“There is no room for complacency about the severity of state-led threats or the volume of the threat posed by cybercriminals,” he warned.
Along these lines, he opined that “the defense and resilience of critical infrastructure, supply chains, the public sector and the economy must improve.”
(With information from EFE)
