{"id":22797,"date":"2026-04-22T07:37:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T05:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/uk-could-face-hacktivist-attacks-at-scale-says-head-of-security-agency\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T05:37:37","slug":"uk-could-face-hacktivist-attacks-at-scale-says-head-of-security-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/uk-could-face-hacktivist-attacks-at-scale-says-head-of-security-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"UK could face \u2018hacktivist attacks at scale\u2019, says head of security agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Officials warn a conflict situation could cause disruption similar to recent major ransomware incidents<\/p>\n<p>The UK could face \u201chacktivist attacks at scale\u201d if it becomes embroiled in a conflict and the impact could be similar to recent high-profile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/sep\/14\/who-is-behind-latest-wave-of-ransomware-attacks\">ransomware incidents<\/a>, according to the head of the country\u2019s online security agency.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Horne, chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), will warn today that nation states now account for the most significant incidents the NCSC deals with.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/apr\/22\/uk-hacktivist-attacks-at-scale-security-agency\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/feb55202ad76bc2a8266dfe3008a8212d042508d\/612_0_4375_3500\/master\/4375.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=344e1a971fdc8c8332f95ab24a81bafb\" title=\"UK could face \u2018hacktivist attacks at scale\u2019, says head of security agency\" \/>Officials warn a conflict situation could cause disruption similar to recent major ransomware incidents<br \/>\nThe UK could face \u201chacktivist attacks at scale\u201d if it becomes embroiled in a conflict and the impact could be similar to recent high-profile ransomware incidents, according to the head of the country\u2019s online security agency.<br \/>\nRichard Horne, chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), will warn today that nation states now account for the most significant incidents the NCSC deals with. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials warn a conflict situation could cause disruption similar to recent major ransomware incidents The UK could face \u201chacktivist attacks at scale\u201d if it becomes embroiled in a conflict and the impact could be similar to recent high-profile ransomware incidents, according to the head of the country\u2019s online security agency. Richard Horne, chief executive of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/uk-could-face-hacktivist-attacks-at-scale-says-head-of-security-agency\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UK could face \u2018hacktivist attacks at scale\u2019, says head of security agency<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22797"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}