Defence Secretary urges gamers to join the military’s new cyber squad as scale of Russia hacking threat laid bare

RUSSIA has tried to hack into Britain’s cardinal defence systems 90,000 times implicit the past 2 years

The stark informing comes arsenic Defence Secretary John Healey launches a caller bid to get gamers and geeks to articulation a caller cyber helping of the military.

In an exclusive interrogation with The Sun connected Sunday helium said: “If you are a apical gamer - your state needs you.”

Mr Healey volition usage his large code astatine the Labour Party’s league successful Liverpool this week to denote a recruitment blitz for the Armed Forces.

He is mounting up a caller fast-track strategy for cyber whizz kids to motion up without having to undertake each the mean subject required successful the Army, Navy and RAF.

Over 100 policies blocking radical from entering the subject for barmy reasons - similar having atrocious hay fever, eczema and acne - person besides been ditched.

Gamers who walk hours playing Call of Duty successful their bedrooms could beryllium the perfect caller enlistee for the military’s caller cyber squad, Mr Healey said.

“We are abbreviated of drone pilots”, the Defence Sec said.

“You tin spot the changing quality of warfare successful Ukraine, wherever the operation of artillery and drones is liable for the ample bulk of each the casualties.

“The benignant of skills that drone pilots person are galore of the aforesaid skills arsenic immoderate of our champion console warriors are good successful civilian life.”

“If you are bully astatine tech, if you person a passionateness for cyber, if you’re bully astatine gaming gaming, past you whitethorn person the skills that the British subject needs.

“And I privation to marque definite that radical similar that person an accidental to service the country.”

Mr Healey volition besides tackle agelong waiting times by making a conditional connection to caller recruits wrong 10 days.

Defence sources revealed that suspected Russian actors person been caught trying to hack into Britain’s halfway defence operation 90,000 times.

The Kremlin and its proxy hacker groups person massively ramped up nonstop attacks connected the UK.