Britain has offensive cyber-war capabilities

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Britain’s most senior cyber general has said the UK possesses the capacity to “degrade, disrupt and destroy” its enemies’ critical infrastructure in a future cyber conflict, in a rare acknowledgement of the military’s offensive hacking capability.

Gen Sir Patrick Sanders, who heads the UK’s strategic command, said that he been told by Boris Johnson to ensure Britain is a “leading, full-spectrum cyber power” able both to defend against – and carry out – hacking attacks.
Degrading or eliminating critical infrastructure could theoretically include targeting an enemy country’s communications, telephone or power networks in a situation of war, although what was deemed legitimate at other times is less clear.

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