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UK underestimates threat of cyber-attacks from hostile states and gangs, says security chief

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Richard Horne , head of GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre , will cite a trebling of “severe” incidents.

Horne will cite Russian “aggression and recklessness” amid Russian aggression’ and China sophisticated’ operations.

He will make the warning as the NCSC reveals a significant increase in serious cyberincidents over the past 12 months .

North Korean hackers are targeting cryptocurrency to raise revenue and steal defence data.

UK firms are almost certainly being targeted by workers from North Korea , NCSC says.

Iran is developing cyber-capabilities and is willing to target the UK to fulfil its disruptive and destructive objectives, the report warns.

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