Vladimir Putin warned UK won't back down in new 'arms race' amid cyber attack fears

In a code to NATO quality chiefs, Labour's Pat McFadden volition pass that Russia could 'turn retired the lights for millions' if it successfully carries retired cyber attacks connected the UK

Vladmir Putin volition contiguous beryllium warned the UK volition not backmost down successful the "new AI arms race" up of an expected barrage of cyber attacks.

The Russian President is expected to unleash a question of strikes that could "turn retired the lights for millions", NATO information chiefs volition hear. Labour's Pat McFadden, who is liable for nationalist information policy, volition archer a league successful London that quality chiefs "know precisely what they are doing".

He besides warns that the Kremlin "won't deliberation twice" astir targeting British infrastructure arsenic the menace of all-out warfare escalates. He volition accidental that Russia has go "exceptionally assertive and reckless successful the cyber realm" and said there's an imminent hazard that Putin-backed hackers could "shut down the powerfulness grids".

Mr McFadden, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, volition say: “Be successful nary doubt: the United Kingdom and others successful this country are watching Russia. We cognize precisely what they are doing, and we are countering their attacks some publically and down the scenes.

"We cognize from past that appeasing dictators engaged successful aggression against their neighbours lone encourages them." Mr McFadden volition besides dependable an alarming informing to UK businesses urging them to ramp up protections against malicious strikes from Moscow and its allies.

To antagonistic the threat, helium volition say, a caller Laboratory for AI Security Research (LASR) volition beryllium acceptable up with astir £8million of archetypal Government funding. Speaking astatine the NATO Cyber Defence Conference astatine Lancaster House, London, Mr McFadden volition say: "Putin is simply a antheral who wants destruction, not peace.

"He is trying to deter our enactment for Ukraine with his threats. He volition not beryllium successful.” He volition accidental that cyber warfare is present a "daily reality" arsenic helium calls connected quality chiefs to enactment unneurotic to halt states similar Russia and North Korea getting an vantage successful the "physical and cyber battlefield".

Russia past week said the UK is "directly involved" successful the warfare betwixt Moscow and Ukraine aft British-made missiles were fired into Russian territory. Following the motorboat of Storm Shadow missiles into Kursk into occidental Russia, Moscow unleashed an experimental caller warhead connected Ukraine.

Yesterday Ukraine showed the wreckage of an Oreshnik missile, which struck a rocket successful the metropolis of Dnipro. President Volodymyr Zelensky said: "Ukraine is not a investigating crushed for weapons.

"Ukraine is simply a sovereign and autarkic state. But Russia inactive continues its efforts to termination our people, dispersed fearfulness and panic, and weaken us."

Keir Starmer past week insisted the UK is not astatine warfare with Moscow contempt Putin saying Russia has the close to onslaught subject targets of Ukraine's allies. The Russian President has loosened rules astir deploying atomic weapons successful a unsafe escalation much than 1,000 days aft his amerciable invasion.

His forces person been boosted by much than 10,000 North Korean troops successful caller weeks. The US, South Korea and Ukraine person said these soldiers person been warring connected the beforehand lines.

In a bid to bolster unit numbers, Putin has signed a caller instrumentality allowing caller recruits to hitch disconnected debts worthy astir £70,000.