Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 68372
Iran: Cybersecurity
Tabled: 16 July 2025
Answered: 6 August 2025
Question
Priti Patel
Conservative — Witham
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what lessons his Department has learnt from countering malicious Iranian cyber activity; and what discussions he has had with his (a) Middle Eastern and (b) international cou
Answer
Mr Hamish FalconerThe National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) assesses that Iran-based threat actors remain aggressive in cyberspace and continue to achieve their objectives through less sophisticated cyber techniques (including prolific use of spear-phishing), but also targ...
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