UK could be brought to a halt ‘at any moment’ by cyberattack, report warns

The UK is unprepared for a large-scale ransomware attack and “at any moment” could be brought to a standstill, a new report says.

Parliament’s Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) said responsibility for tackling ransomware attacks should be taken off the Home Office – which the report accuses of giving political priority to other issues – and given to the Cabinet Office and overseen directly by the deputy prime minister.