UK will suffer most serious level of cyber attack, warns intelligence chief
(World News UK)

The UK will be hit by the most serious type of cyber emergency at some point, an intelligence chief has warned, as it emerged that a specialist unit is repelling more than 10 attempted attacks every week. Ciaran Martin, head of the National Cyber Security Centre, said he had little doubt it would have to deal with a “category 1� case in the future. The bracket covers incidents that result in severe economic or social consequences, or loss of life. On Tuesday the NCSC will publish a report that lays bare the scale of the danger it is confronting, with “hostile states� said...