Britain’s Security and Border Minister Calls Iran an ‘Adversary State’ Over Cyber Attacks

Damon Hinds, Britain’s Secretary of State for Security and Border Affairs, said that Iran, along with China, Russia, and North Korea, are considered ‘adversary states’ due to ‘harmful activities in the cyber domain.’

In an interview with London-based Daily Telegraph newspaper, he said that the three countries of China, Russia, and Iran possess considerable human resources and technical capabilities to carry out cyber attacks and can develop and modernize these capabilities.

According to Mr. Hinds, spreading false and misleading information, cyber attacks on computer networks of government institutions and private companies, and deploying spies to other countries are among the methods used by these countries.

This is not the first time British security officials have identified these three countries as serious security threats.

According to the Associated Press news agency, in late November 2021, Richard Moore, head of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency (MI6), also said that China, Russia, Iran, and terrorism are ‘four security challenges’ for Britain.

Mr. Moore added that among these, China is considered the greatest threat to Britain because its country’s leaders support ‘reckless and decisive measures’ to protect their interests.

A few days after these statements, Russia’s foreign security service said in a statement that these remarks are ‘provocative and baseless’ and would likely damage the improvement of Moscow-London relations. China’s Foreign Ministry has also consistently denied accusations made by Western countries against it.

Source: Radio Farda