Cyber threat against UK Government severe and advancing quickly, warns watchdog

Officials have been told the National Audit Office report should serve as a ‘wake-up call’ (Dominic Lipinski/PA) - (PA Wire)

The cyber threat towards the UK Government is “severe and advancing quickly”, according to a new report from the Government’s spending watchdog, with cyber resilience levels “lower” than Whitehall had estimated.

Officials have been told that Wednesday’s report from the National Audit Office should serve as a “wake-up call” and push them to “get on top of this most pernicious threat”.