Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden has said the UK and its NATO allies will not be intimidated by Russian cyberthreats into stopping supporting Ukraine. In a speech delivered on Monday at the NATO Cyber Defence Conference, Mr McFadden urged NATO to work together to stay ahead in "the new AI arms race".
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00:00And in the last year, both the Russian military and its unofficial army of cyber criminals and
00:05hacktivists have not just stepped up their attacks, but widened our targets to a number
00:10of NATO members and partners. The aim is to gain a strategic advantage, to degrade the states that
00:17support Ukraine. And here in the UK, Russia has targeted our media, our telecoms, our political
00:24and democratic institutions and our energy infrastructure. And together with international
00:30partners, we recently publicly exposed a Russian military unit, Unit 29155, which has carried out
00:38a campaign of malicious cyber activity against NATO members. The unit has targeted the government
00:45services, financial services, transport systems, energy and healthcare sectors of NATO members.
00:52Let me tell you today, that effort will not succeed. We will not stop on our support.