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Britain is under constant cyber attack and we are still treating it like an IT problem

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01.04.2026

Four ‘nationally significant’ cyber attacks a week should be setting alarm bells ringing.

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That’s the reality in the UK, according to the National Cyber Security Centre. This level of threat is becoming dangerously normalised at an already testing time for national security.

We also don't yet fully understand the potential impact of AI in cyber attacks, as we have (so far) only seen edge attacks using adversarial AI to probe for known software weaknesses or generative AI to impersonate people in legal or financial transactions.

The need for resilience affects the entire country; it’s about ensuring that hospitals can access patient data, businesses keep trading, and the economy grows.

With geopolitical tensions rising and conflict escalating, the........

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