UK unveils National Cyber Force (NCF) of hackers to target foes digitally

guest · Nov 19, 2020

UK unveils National Cyber Force of hackers to target foes digitally
New unit aims to disrupt online activities of hostile states, terror groups and paedophiles
November 19, 2020
https://www.theguardian.com/technol...ber-force-of-hackers-to-target-foes-digitally

Britain has unveiled its new National Cyber Force, a unit of offensive hackers that can target hostile states such as China and Russia, terror groups and even paedophiles by disrupting their online communications.

The NCF, controlled by the spy agency GCHQ and the Ministry of Defence (MoD), has been secretly up and running since April with several hundred hackers based in Cheltenham and other military sites around the country.
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The idea is to bring together the scattered offensive hacking capabilities that the UK claims to have had for a decade – and rapidly increase the size of the operation. The NCF plans to increase its staffing around tenfold to 3,000 over the next decade.

Other techniques used by the NCF include trying to change behaviour to make it impossible for threats to proceed or dissuading the person behind the threat from carrying their plan out – or simply degrading physical communications systems.
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Insiders said it would operate within existing legal controls, and would be subject to oversight from parliament’s intelligence and security committee.
But the intention is that it will operate largely in secret. Its first director, a man, has not been publicly named but it is understood he has been with GCHQ for more than 20 years, often working closely with the MoD.
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GOV.UK: National Cyber Force Transforms country's cyber capabilities to protect UK

The new National Cyber Force (NCF) is helping to transform the UK’s cyber capabilities to disrupt adversaries and keep the UK safe, the Prime Minister announced today
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