Cyber-terrorism becomes national priority

The National Security Strategy, published yesterday, was vague about how exactly the UK would fortify itself against cyber attack.

It's premise was a complex interplay of threats including ecological disaster, disease, crime, burgeoning world population, dwindling food and energy resources, terrorism and starker inequalities of wealth would challenge Britain's unusually prosperous world position.

Along with the economy and the global demands of population, the internet was one of the three greatest vulnerabilities for the UK, said the report.