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Britain Will Use Cyber Attacks to Fight ISIS Online
Britain's cyber-security services are developing the capabilities to
carry out electronic attacks against the Islamic State militant group
(ISIS) in order to damage its recruitment networks, financing channels
and communications, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said recently.
In a speech at the U.K.'s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), Osborne said that the British security services must be as effective on the Internet as they are "on land and sea, in the air and space."
"ISIL [an alternate acronym for ISIS] are already using the Internet for hideous propaganda purposes; for radicalisation, for operational planning too," Osborne said. "They have not been able to use it to kill people yet by attacking our infrastructure through cyber attack. They do not yet have that capability but we know they want it, and are doing their best to build it."
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In a speech at the U.K.'s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), Osborne said that the British security services must be as effective on the Internet as they are "on land and sea, in the air and space."
"ISIL [an alternate acronym for ISIS] are already using the Internet for hideous propaganda purposes; for radicalisation, for operational planning too," Osborne said. "They have not been able to use it to kill people yet by attacking our infrastructure through cyber attack. They do not yet have that capability but we know they want it, and are doing their best to build it."
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