Energy: Cybercrime

(asked on 1st July 2014) - View Source

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the UK's energy infrastructure was exposed to the recent Energetic Bear cyberattack.


Answered by
Michael Fallon Portrait
Michael Fallon
This question was answered on 8th July 2014

Cyber security is one of the Government's top four national security priorities. DECC is working with government departments and agencies, as well as with industry partners, to ensure that the risks to the energy sector are understood and that appropriate mitigations are established. It would not be appropriate to comment on specific cases.

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