Russia targeting UK infrastructure, warns GCHQ boss

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Russia is “relentlessly” targeting critical infrastructure, democratic processes, supply chains and public trust in the UK and Europe, the head of the UK's largest spy agency, GCHQ warns. Anne Keast-Butler sets out how Russia is increasing its daily hybrid activity against countries, including Britain, and how China is now a "science and tech superpower with sophisticated capabilities".   Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:01So how does this fast-changing tech landscape intersect with the threat we're seeing in the here and now?

00:09One example is the grey zone between peace and war, where Russia is scaling up its daily hybrid activity against

00:19the UK and Europe,

00:21stretching from the seabed to cyberspace, relentlessly targeting critical infrastructure,

00:28democratic processes, supply chains and public trust.

00:35But let me be clear that in the face of such aggression and chaos,

00:42GCHQ is working tirelessly with intelligence and defence partners to degrade and reduce the Russian threat.

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