Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 7
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Government faces rapidly evolving and increasingly sophisticated cyber threats from capable adversaries.
Conclusion
The Cabinet Office told us that we should be extremely worried by the rapidly evolving cyber threat, which is the most sophisticated it has ever been. It explained that over the last three years, government’s adversaries, which include nation states and organised criminal groups, have developed their ‘capabilities’ more rapidly than it expected.7
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 18 September 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗