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Hope Corrigan

UK looking to revamp defense laws as undersea cable sabotage and cyber attacks create 'gray zone threats'

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As technology moves forward there will always be laws, frantically running behind them desperate to keep up. The problem is technology moves fast. Really fast. Especially compared to lawmakers. It's why we see countless of uncertain law cases around fields in tech especially when it comes to things like the internet and AI. It's also why the UK is needing to rethink its laws around sabotage when it comes to the undersea cables that connect most of this tech.

According to The Register, the UK government is concerned over the current legislations when it comes to things like cybercrime and attacks on the underwater cable by other powers. It went so far as to publish a Strategic Defence Review earlier this year, which sets out a bill that will hopefully help cover the issues.

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