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September 23, 2018 11:34 am

Britain To Create 2,000-Strong Cyber Force, Boost Budget By £250M

Slashdot reader cold fjord writes: Britain's Ministry of Defence and GCHQ signals intelligence establishment have put forward a plan to increase staff devoted to offensive cyber operations up to 2,000, quadrupling it over current levels. Funding would also increase by at least £250m, according to one source. The initiative comes"amid a growing cyber threat from Russia and after the UK used cyber weapons for the first time to fight Islamic State."General Sir Richard Barrons commented, "By adopting offensive cyber techniques in the UK we are levelling the playing field and providing new means of both deterring and punishing states that wish to do us harm."

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