If Border Force e-gates suffer a nationwide meltdown leaving thousands stranded, but Chinese-sponsored hacking isn’t to blame, does anyone in government make a sound?
It is the nightmare scenario for holidaymakers returning to Britain after a relaxing trip, only to find themselves sleeping on the hard terminal floor, without food or water. Given “no indication of malicious cyber activity”, according to the Home Office, it shows how vulnerable our systems are to simple breakdown. Nor is this the first such occasion. Only last year, the UK’s e-gates system crashed, leading to similarly dystopian scenes.
