UK to face 'first order hostile cyber attack'

The CEO of the new National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned the UK will face "a first order incident" of a "hostile foreign cyber attack". The NCSC will open in October and be part of GCHQ, the signals intelligence agency. In his first public speech as CEO, Ciaran Martin told an audience in Washington that "development of lawful and carefully governed offensive cyber capabilities" was necessary "to combat and deter the most aggressive threats".