Hack Britain and face the consequences, says UK security minister

Hackers and hostile states will face repercussions such as retaliatory cyber attacks for targeting U.K. institutions, Britain’s security minister has warned.

Speaking to POLITICO at the British Library — which has not yet fully-recovered from a devastating 2023 cyber-attack by criminal ransomware group Rysida — Dan Jarvis said that there will be “consequences and implications” for attacks on other U.K. assets.

Asked directly who Britain will target with its own state-backed “offensive cyber” capabilities, the minister said: “Let me put it this way: If you are a cyber criminal and you think that you can attack a U.K.-based institution without there being repercussions from doing so, think again.”

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