MPs warn of ‘significant’ Iranian cyber threat to the UK

Iranian threat actors pose a major threat to the UK, especially its petrochemical, utilities and finance sectors, a new parliamentary report has warned.

The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) report comes at a turbulent time geopolitically, following Israeli-US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

Based on evidence collected from experts up to August 2023, it acknowledged that, at the time of writing, the UK was “not a top priority for Iranian offensive cyber activity,” but that “this could change rapidly in response to regional or geopolitical developments.”

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