“William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, said the agency had joined forces with the Serious and Organised Crime Agency to obtain the information as part of the ongoing cyber war against foreign states and criminals.
A team of experts at GCHQ is understood to be working with the military to develop internet tools to strike back if states attack infrastructure such as water supplies, electricity and banking. “
(Stolen information worth £300m recovered by GCHQ – Telegraph)