Britain’s chief of defence intelligence said it must be “much more aggressive” YUI MOK/PAA full-scale cyberattack could cripple a country within minutes, the head of military intelligence is warning. In a rare speech today, Air Marshal Phil Osborn will say that the risk from “very sophisticated” chemical weapons is also growing and that power stations, water supplies and other parts of critical national infrastructure are under threat from new, advanced missiles. Air Marshal Osborn, the chief of defence intelligence, says that Britain needs to be “much more aggressive and to take risks” to counter the range of threats, according to extracts released to The Times of his speech to the Royal United Services Institute. This could include launching cyberattacks. State-based threats, such as those from Russia, “have become more acute”, he says, describing a “world that is more…

Source: The Times May 17, 2018 23:02 UTC