National Infrastructure Cyber-security 2025-12-04
2025-12-04
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The UK is increasingly vulnerable to malicious cyber-activity targeting national infrastructure and democratic institutions, including Parliament. Experts warn of critical data leaks and severe disruptions.
The United Kingdom is increasingly and uniquely vulnerable to malicious cyber-activity targeting national infrastructure and democratic institutions, including Parliament itself. That poses a serious risk to our national security. Experts have warned of a critical data leak, a new scale of severe blackouts, transport disruption and even Government being brought to a halt. What action is the Minister’s Department taking to ensure that the Government are prepared and sufficiently resourced to meet this pernicious national security threat?
The Government take these threats incredibly seriously. The Prime Minister took the decision in September for the Security Minister to sit across both the Cabinet Office and the Home Office, improving our ability to co-ordinate a national security response. We are working at pace to address these issues.
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Specific actions and resources were not detailed
We Take Them Very Seriously
Working At Pace
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