Mark<p>Russia can turn the lights off: how <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> prepares for cyberwar</p><p>As well as coping the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/threats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threats</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> conflict or armed border <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/incursion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>incursion</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> must now deal with very 21st-century foe: <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/cyberwarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyberwarfare</span></a></p><p>Richard Horne, the head of the National Cyber Security Centre, says that “the severity of the risk facing the UK” from countries like <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> “is being widely underestimated”</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/03/russia-can-turn-the-lights-off-how-the-uk-is-preparing-for-cyberwar" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">4/dec/03/russia-can-turn-the-lights-off-how-the-uk-is-preparing-for-cyberwar</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HybridWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RussianAggression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussianAggression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/civilians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civilians</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electricity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PowerGrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PowerGrid</span></a></p>