Cybersecurity

Theresa May visits Warsaw to discuss countering Russian disinformation.

An annual report by the intelligence and security committee (ISC), which oversees the country’s spy agencies, describes how Britain’s cyber defence plans were ahead of schedule.

The Cheltenham based intelligence body GCHQ said its National Offensive Cyber Programme was producing “high-end deterrents” of different levels “right through to what we would say is the high end of counter state offensive cyber capabilities which might never be used”.

Although not specified, the capabilities developed include being able to make another country’s warplanes, ships and missiles malfunction.

The ISC, which oversees the work of GCHQ, MI5 and MI6, revealed there are fears that Britain’s water supply, electrical grid and telecommunications systems were at risk by attacks from Isis.