Inside terrifying first 72 hours of UK cyber attack as banks, power & water fail – The Sun

Inside terrifying first 72 hours of UK cyber attack as banks, power & water fail  The Sun

TOILET paper? Bottles of water? Cash? No, it’s not the shopping list for next year’s Glasto, it’s some of the items every UK home is… No, it’s not the shopping list for next year’s Glasto, it’s some of the items every UK home is being advised to stock up on in case of a crippling cyber attack, power cut or even war. This week the head of the National Cyber Security Centre Dr Richard Horne warned that the UK faces an attack on its critical infrastructure, which could wipe out food supplies and the electricity grid in the next two years. He said there is a real prospect of “when food isn’t on shelves, lights aren’t on, businesses have gone under” amid an “unprecedented” rise in hacking.

You'll now receive top stories, breaking news, and more, straight to your email. A new report by the NCSC, which is part of the spy agency GCHQ, warns that Russia, China and Iran will routinely use AI, which is “highly likely” to increase the scale and efficiency of their attacks. And in a taste of what may be to come, this week supermarkets in seven European countries reported that hackers had remotely raised the temperature in their fridges to 80C, destroying food and supplies. Blackouts, store shutdowns & NHS chaos…UK's biggest hacking threats