“Hostile foreign states have used cyberwarfare to attack and map the networks that are part of the country’s critical national infrastructure, the government has admitted.
Though officials refused to say what had been hit, the systems that provide the UK with its gas, water, and electricity supplies are all likely to have been targeted, raising the stakes in the battle to stop foreign powers, criminals and hackers from stealing information that could lead to services being disrupted or brought to a standstill.”
Source: Hostile states using cyberwarfare to attack UK infrastructure | Technology | The Guardian