Defence: Cybersecurity

(asked on 15th July 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, of the 90,000 cyber-attacks the UK faces on its Defence Systems annually what is the split between state and non-state actors.


Answered by
Louise Sandher-Jones Portrait
Louise Sandher-Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
This question was answered on 2nd September 2026

Due to operational sensitivities, I am unable to provide a breakdown of the split of cyber-attacks on UK Defence Systems between state and non-state actors.

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