John Healey: The keyboard has become a weapon of war

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Defence Secretary John Healey reveals the UK is the subject of a “cyber-attack” stating that “the keyboard has become a weapon of war”. It comes as the government promises to set up a cyber command to counter “daily, increasing” attacks as part of the strategic defence review.      Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00We're under daily attack, increasing attacks, and this is the nerve center of the UK's military

00:08that helps us defend against these attacks, and the keyboard has become a weapon of war.

00:14In future conflicts, those that prevail will be those who are not just better equipped

00:21and better trained, but better connected, and also capable of innovating ahead of adversaries.

00:27And that's what our new Cyber Command will allow us to do, and it's what our big investment

00:33for the future in a digital targeting web will allow our military to do as well.

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