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Experts say Russia and China upping pace and sophistication of cyber threats

11th November 2020 - 15:00 GMT | by Tim Martin in London

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Defence experts claim that Russian and Chinese cyber threats have become more advanced and threaten UK interests.

Russian and Chinese cyber capabilities have matured to the point that on ‘any given day’ they are being used to try and hack into UK defence systems, according to military analysts.

In so doing, the two state adversaries are actively seeking to interfere with decision-making and reduce the performance of key technologies relied upon by the UK MoD, Dr James Lewis, VP of the strategic technologies programme at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said during a 10 November UK parliamentary defence committee hearing.

In the five years since the UK published the Strategic Defence and Security Review, adversaries have developed a ‘much

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