Parliamentary committee says UK is priority target for cyber and physical attacks as well as assassinations
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Iran’s intimidation, including the fear of physical attack and assassination of Iranian dissidents living in the UK, is comparable in scale to the threat posed by Russia, parliament’s intelligence and security committee has found.
In a report published on Thursday, the committee (ISC) also finds that the UK is a priority espionage target for Iranian cyber-attacks, ranking just below the US and Saudi Arabia.
The committee concludes those undertaking the cyber-attacks range from state-controlled actors responding to direct tasking to private actors working for personal gain or perceived state intelligence requirements. It warns that the UK’s petrochemical utilities and finance sectors remain vulnerable to an Iranian attack.
