Russia is Preparing to Launch ‘Physical Attacks’ Against West, Says UK

While Russia is already advanced in encouraging “non state cyber actors” to attack the West, it is moving towards grooming other groups for “physical attacks”, the chief of Britain’s eavesdropping and cyber security bureau has said.

The West needs to be prepared for what may amount to state-backed terrorist attacks for Russia, the director of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) spy agency Anne Keast-Butler has warned in a rare address. As previously reported, however, several instances of such activity are alleged to have already been discovered by European police and security agencies, suggesting this new trend is already well underway.