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The UK government advises organizations to prepare for cyber-attacks by maintaining physical, offline copies of their plans and adopting resilience strategies to ensure operational continuity amid increasing significant cyber incidents, including recent high-profile hacks affecting major retailers and healthcare providers.
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned of a new class of Russian cyber adversaries that are ideologically motivated and pose a heightened risk to organisations in the country. While these state-aligned groups have typically focused on DDoS attacks, they have expressed their intention to cause more damage if possible. The NCSC has published a guide containing recommended actions to increase security, including system patching, access control verification, and secure system administration. The agency advises organisations to act now to manage the risk against successful future attacks.