Overview
- Speaking on the Lord Speaker’s podcast, Lord George Robertson said the UK is under-prepared for mounting cyber and sabotage activity targeting critical systems.
- Admiral Lord Alan West described a state of “grey zone” conflict with Russia, pointing to probes of undersea infrastructure and heightened pressure in the Arctic.
- West cautioned that a full NATO–Russia war could see Moscow resort to nuclear use if facing decisive defeat.
- The Ministry of Defence is investigating last month’s breach of contractor Dodd Group, which led to hundreds of sensitive documents appearing on the dark web.
- The Daily Mail reports investigators believe the Russian-linked group Lynx carried out the contractor hack, a claim not yet confirmed by official sources.