UK losing £20-30bn to 'information bomb', claims defence minister

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UK defence chief uses presentation at French Cyber Symposium 2015 to identify Russia as a key cyber threat

The UK economy is losing "in the order of £20bn to £30bn a year" to cyber attacks, according to British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon. These figures represent a tripling of financial losses to t...

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