In an interview with the British Sun it was revealed that China is behind a series of cyber attacks on the kingdom • "About 200 very significant attacks have been in recent months around the corona virus"
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China is currently waging a battle with one goal: to prevent it from becoming a leper country in the international community.
But Britain sees the republic as a major strategic threat in terms of cyberattacks - according to an interview with British Sun5 former MI5 chief Sir Jeremy Fleming, who today directs the defense of the entire computer system of government and authorities in the kingdom, and British Strategic Commander General Sir Patrick Sanders.
"China is a chronic threat to Britain that exists all the time," Sanders said.
"Every month we face 60 targeted and sharp attacks at our National Cyber Defense Center. Beyond that, there have been about 200 very significant attacks in recent months around the Corona virus."
He added that "we see a state and other criminals, committing very serious crimes against us, targeting attacks due to the situation, at the virus immunization system in the UK, our transport system and government ministries with an emphasis on the Ministry of Health".
Exploitation of the fear of the virus to harm the country
"British officials were the target of ransomware attacks directly around the Corona virus. There were all sorts of scams that were based on the virus to infiltrate the computers of government officials," Jeremy Fleming revealed.
At this point the British official took off his gloves and said that China is the factor that is attacking Britain.
He noted that in light of these attacks the EU and the UK should maintain close contact and protect the common data despite the impending Brexit.
In a conversation the two gave, they further said that "the army and MI6 have been working together very recently to block a sharp attack by a country on Britain's computer system".
As mentioned this morning (Wednesday) it was also reported that Russia has launched a very sharp cyber attack against the US administration, the US Department of Defense and nuclear research institutes.
An attack that was at least partially successful according to foreign publications.
