The government was criticised for not doing enough to protect customers RITCHIE B. TONGO/EPAThe UK is more vulnerable than ever to cyberattacks as they evolve and become more frequent, a report by MPs has warned. The Commons public accounts committee said that the threat was evolving fast and becoming technically more complex as the boundaries between “state-orchestrated attacks and those of cybercriminals [are] increasingly blurred”. The committee acknowledged that more than 1,100 cyberattacks had been dealt with by the National Cyber Security Centre, the defensive branch of GCHQ that was established in 2016. The MPs said that the Cabinet Office was beginning to make progress in meeting the strategic goals of the current strategy “after a poor start”. More progress is needed to ensure that consumers know how safe the…

Source: The Times June 04, 2019 22:52 UTC