UK to Compel 1,000 Firms to Shore Up Cyber Defenses After Hacks

The UK government will pass legislation compelling companies providing IT services to critical national infrastructure to improve their cyber defenses after a wave of attacks by Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.

As many as 1,000 firms will fall under the scope of a new law aimed at improving national resilience from cyberattacks, to be introduced later this year, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology said in an emailed statement.

“Attempts to disrupt our way of life and attack our digital economy are only gathering pace, and we will not stand by as these incidents hold our future prosperity ...