The British Center for Government Communication (GCHQ) and the Ministry of Defense are ready to give a "proportional" response to possible cyber attacks against Russia against computer networks in the UK. About this newspaper The Sunday Times sources said in the British security services.

According to the publication, cyber experts have already "taken positions" in computer networks of goals in Russia. At the same time, the key infrastructure of the United Kingdom - for example, the establishment of the health care system - has been warned by the authorities about the dangers of cyber attacks.

It is also reported that after an incident with the alleged poisoning of the Skrypal family in Salisbury, British intelligence warned its Prime Minister Theresa May about the possibility of a Russian President Vladimir Putin's response to the British ministers, members of parliament and other dignitaries compromising. Compromising materials, the newspaper writes, can be published by hackers behind whom the Kremlin stands. If you believe the title of the article, the Russians "threaten to launch a dirty campaign" against the British elite.

Link: https://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=3007248