CYBERInsights: State Actors – NCSC warns against State Actors targeting Western Critical Infrastructure
STATE ACTORS: NCSC warns against State Actors targeting Western Critical National Infrastructure – Analysis
Posted By: Iain Fraser – Cybersecurity Journalist Gibraltar
via IainFRASER.net
15th May 2023
The UKs National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued an advisory, warning of the heightened Threat from so called State Actors (State-Aligned Groups) against Critical National Infrastructure. Click Here to receive my full Analysis direct to your inbox or smart device
The Advisory has identified the emergence of a new class of state-aligned Cybercrime Groups who are worryingly sympathetic to Russia’s invasion and are ideologically, rather than financially, motivated.
Although these groups can align to Russia’s perceived interests, they are often not subject to formal state control, and so their actions are less constrained and their targeting broader than traditional cyber crime actors. This makes them less predictable.
The notice concluded with a summary which states that without external assistance, they go on to say “we consider it unlikely that these groups have the capability to deliberately cause a destructive, rather than disruptive, impact in the short term. But they may become more effective over time, and so the NCSC is recommending that organisations act now to manage the risk against successful future attacks.” Click Here to receive my full Analysis direct to your inbox or smart device
