MPs warn of EMP risk to infrastructure IT

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Electromagnetic pulse weapons could fry computerised controls behind the UK's major infrastructure, says Defence Committee

The House of Commons Defence Committee has today published a report warning of the dangers posed by an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack on the IT that controls the UK's major infrastructure. T...

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