NCSC: 75% of UK Critical Infrastructure Cyber Attacks Linked to State-Backed Actors
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The head of the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Dr Richard Horne, revealed that approximately 75% of over 200 cyber incidents affecting the UK's critical national infrastructure (CNI) in the past year are linked to hostile state-backed actors. The disclosure was made at the Royal United Services Institute's (RUSI) Annual Security Lecture, highlighting the persistent and elevated threat posed by state-sponsored cyber attacks against essential services and infrastructure.
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bskyNCSC: 75% of UK Critical Infrastructure Cyber Attacks Linked to State-Backed Actorsdigit.fyiKey quotes
· 3 pulledThree-quarters of cyber attacks impacting organisations within the UK's critical infrastructure over the past year can be linked back to hostile state actors.
More than 200 cyber incidents affecting the UK's critical national infrastructure and its supporting ecosystem were managed by the NCSC in the year to May 2026.
Around 75% of those believed to be linked to state actors.
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