Great Britain is the number one target for Russian cyberattacks since Trump's election, British government sources claim, BNR reported. According to them, Putin has turned his attention to Britain so as not to annoy the US administration during talks on Ukraine.
Government sources quoted by "The Times" claim that Britain's becoming the "number one target" for Russian cyberattacks and espionage is due not only to not annoying Donald Trump, but also to the increasing popularity of Keir Starmer on the world stage.
Since January, there has been a sharp increase in the number of Russian "hybrid attacks" against the UK, which includes cyberattacks and attempts to sabotage key infrastructure.
A senior civil servant said that Trump's warmer stance towards Putin, compared with the previous US administration, had led to a sharp increase in attacks on British rather than American targets.
British intelligence chiefs have long warned that key sites in the UK economy and national infrastructure are under constant attack from Russia and a host of state-backed agents.
Sir Ken McCallum, the director general of MI5, warned in October that Russian intelligence agencies want to create "prolonged chaos on the streets of Britain and Europe".