Britain to unleash army of hackers on Putin

The British military is to spend more than £1 billion on artificial intelligence and a hacking attack team, the Defence Secretary has announced.

John Healey vowed to give the Armed Forces more power online to target hostile states such as Vladimir Putin’s Russia, as he warned that “the keyboard has become a weapon of war”.

The offensive operations will be conducted through a new Cyber and Electromagnetic Command, which will also oversee a £1 billion investment in upgraded targeting systems using an artificial intelligence “kill web” that connects military systems.

Read more at The Telegraph