Apparently, adding a tablespoon of the “Russian threat” to any statement in the UK, only strengthens it. Almost a year after the attack WannaCry ransomware crippled health service of great Britain, a new report has urged the government to “pull yourself together” and the system patch cybersecurity holes in the event of future offensive operations, pointing out the poisoning Skripal.
“The NHS [national health service] lucky. If the attack occurred on Friday evening in the summer and switch to stop the spread of the virus has not been found relatively quickly, the disorder could be much worse,” said the cyber-attack on the NHS a report published by the house of Commons public accounts Committee on 18 April.
WannaCry NGS temporarily reduced for the operation to run via pen and paper, life-threatening patients in the process. The attack on may 12, 2017, caused the vast destruction of the British health service, nearly 20 000 of doctor appointments and operations had to be cancelled. Emergency medical care addressed patients, because they were not able to treat them.
Although the report stated that the government was ill-prepared, he suggested that the Department of health and social care and NHS bodies “has learned from WannaCry.”
The document warns that the British government is under threat of future attacks and mentioned the poisoning of former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury on 4 March.
“The recent shocking use nerve gas to poison those who are on British soil reinforced concerns about the UK’s ability to respond to international threats and risks dianostic from persons hostile to the UK”.
Referring to the case Skripal in a seemingly unrelated report on the effects of cyber crime echoes recent comments by the head of the British foreign office. In a television interview Boris Johnson stated that Russia may launch cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure in the UK.
“You must take all possible precautions, and when you look at what Russia has done, not only in this country, in Salisbury, attacks on TV, on the democratic process at critical infrastructure of course, we have to be very, very careful indeed,” Johnson said.
The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov and Minister of foreign Affairs of great Britain, Boris Johnson
His statement was criticized by the representative of the Russian Embassy in the UK, who called the reasoning of Johnson’s “reckless, provocative and unreasonable policy against Russia”.
“Russia is not planning to conduct any attacks against the United Kingdom. We expect the British government to declare the same,” said the speaker.
London have to provide evidence to justify their accusations against Russia from-for poisonings with Skripals, despite already taking measures against Moscow after the expulsion of Russian diplomats from the UK.
In interview Bi-bi-si on April 16, Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov said that Russia is losing the “last vestiges of trust” with their “Western friends who prefer to work on the basis of very strange logic — the proof is in the punishment.”
“They are first to punish, as they did in Salisbury. Then they wait in the Yard to complete the investigation. They will first be punished in Douma, Syria, and then wait for the OPCW inspectors to visit the place and explore,” Mr. Lavrov.
Top Russian diplomat also noted that compared to the period of the cold war, the current situation is even worse, “because during the cold war, there were channels of communication and there was no obsession with Russophobia”.
Just a few months ago in the UK the new defence Minister Gavin Williamson — who would later say in an official statement that “Russia should leave and shut up” — also warned the UK against an alleged Russian threat, but gives no evidence for its claims.
In an attempt to align themselves with more experienced colleagues in the Ministry of defence has just put forward the candidacy of Mr. Williamson, without experience, warned of a Russian attack on the British infrastructure that could kill “thousands.”
Is there a link to the Skripal case in the house of Commons the report was a similar tool to emphasize that the government and nhs bodies in accordance with the recommendation “to make cybersecurity a priority” – I think adding a pinch of the “Russian threat” to the mix helps make the point.
After the attack WannaCry hit Britain in 2017, an extra £196 million was allocated for cyber security by 2020 and only a week ago, the home Minister amber Rudd announced a multimillion-dollar commitment to strengthening specialist computer capacity in the UK.
Sourse: sputniknews.com
