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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

Russian hackers want to ‘disrupt or destroy’ UK infrastructure, minister warns

Oliver Dowden, the UK's Cabinet Office minister
Oliver Dowden is due to tell a Cyber UK event in Belfast of the dangers posed by ‘ideologically motivated, rather than financially motivated’ hackers. Photograph: Thomas Krych/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock

Russian hackers organised along the lines of the paramilitary Wagner group are seeking “to disrupt or destroy” parts of the UK’s critical national infrastructure, a cabinet minister will warn at a cyber conference in Belfast on Wednesday.

Oliver Dowden, the Cabinet Office minister, will issue a national alert to key businesses amid growing international concern that as Russia struggles in Ukraine, an under-pressure Kremlin is searching for new ways to threaten the west.

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