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We will no longer sit back and take cybercrime and cyberattacks on the chin, says the UK government. Instead it wants to hit back. Fine words, but I have my doubts.
Putting its money where its mouth is, it pledged to spend , allowing it to at criminal gangs and nation state-backed hackers who commit cybercrime or attack critical infrastructure such as hospitals, power grids and air traffic control systems.
This provoked triumphant headlines declaring ““. The underlying message was that intelligence services could now reliably trace attack routes,…
