Putin ready to cripple Britain with cyber attacks, minister warns

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1. **From The Telegraph:**

   Russia is prepared to launch a wave of cyber attacks on Britain that could “turn out the lights for millions”, a Cabinet minister will warn at a Nato conference on Monday.

   Vladimir Putin is willing and capable of triggering a “destabilising and debilitating” electronic strike on the UK, Pat McFadden will say.

   Russia is “exceptionally aggressive and reckless in the cyber realm” and wants to gain a “strategic advantage and degrade the states that support Ukraine”, Mr McFadden, who oversees policy on national security and state threats, will warn.

   The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster will say there is an imminent risk of a Russian cyber attack on British infrastructure and businesses that could “shut down the power grids” and deal a hammer blow to the economy.

   Addressing the Nato cyber defence conference in London on Monday, he will add that in the past year, the Russian military and its “unofficial army of cyber criminals and hacktivists” have “not just stepped up their attacks, but widened their targets to a number of Nato members and partners.

   “In the UK, Russia has targeted our media, our telecoms, our political and democratic institutions and our energy infrastructure,” he will say.

   “Military hard power is one thing. But cyber war can be destabilising and debilitating. With a cyber attack, Russia can turn the lights off for millions of people. It can shut down the power grids. This is the hidden war Russia is waging with Ukraine.”

   The warning comes just days after Putin said that his military could target the UK in direct response to Ukraine’s use of British-made Storm Shadow missiles.

   **More here:** [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/11/23/putin-ready-to-cripple-britain-in-cyber-war/](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/11/23/putin-ready-to-cripple-britain-in-cyber-war/)

2. Then we should bomb moscow.

3. Do it Monday morning please mr putin

4. Will we even notice?

5. The west needs to make it crystal clear that any attempts at sabotage or cyber attacks from Russia will provoke swift western military assistance in Ukraine.

6. Will this come before or after the 1003 nuclear attacks?

7. Jokes on him. Our government has been slowly doing it for decades

8. Ugh right around the festive season.

9. Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst here. He has the means to stage attacks obviously, but he underestimates our defensive and counter offensive capabilities. Also the resiliency we have built into our systems.

   Expect disruption but cripple? No chance.

   It’s just more muscle flexing.

10. Then we need to make it more secure. Straight and simple. If after all these years of sporadic attacks, the UK infrastructure is still vulnerable, then those responsible for the negligence need holding to account and punishing for it. You don’t leave your car unlocked in an unfriendly neighbourhood.

11. Putin has been sabotaging both US and UK for years. With a campaign of misinformation and election interference.

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