Written question asked by Ben Everitt (Conservative) on Tuesday, 20 December 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 January 2023. It was answered by Jeremy Quin (Conservative) on Monday, 9 January 2023 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: Cybercrime

Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Joint Cybersecurity Advisory Alert AA22-257A, published on 14 September 2022 which states that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have attempted cyber attacks on UK critical national infrastructure in 2022.

Answer: We do not comment on individual cyber incidents. The government’s approach to tackling cyber threats is set out in the National Cyber Strategy (2022), including detecting, disrupting and deterring state, criminal and other malicious cyber actors and activities against the UK. The strategy also sets out our ambition for improvements in the cyber resilience of critical national infrastructure, which includes being more prepared to respond to and recover from incidents, better incident planning and regular exercising.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 114819
Session: 2022-23
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2021-0992
Wednesday, 15 December 2021
Deposited papers
House of Lords
House of Commons
Transferred: Yes
Subjects: Cybercrime Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Cybersecurity
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk