UK under serious risk of harm as 200 major incidents detected per month

Dan Worth
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Successful attack just a matter of time says Ciaran Martin, CEO of National Cyber Security Centre

More than 200 "national security-level cyber incidents" per month are logged by the authorities, and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned that it is only a matter of time before one...

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