UK's Defence Academy suffered damaging cyber attack last year

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The attack caused "significant" damage, said a former official. Credit: Crown Copyright/MoD
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The attack caused "significant" damage, said a former official. Credit: Crown Copyright/MoD

The Academy was forced to rebuild its network after the attack, which has still not been attributed to an organisation or state

A 'sophisticated' cyber attack that hit the UK's Defence Academy last year caused "significant" damage, a retired high-level official has revealed. Air Marshal Edward Stringer, who was officer i...

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