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That reads like a scare story for MPs so they approve more money to some dodgy outfit that will save us all from the ever growing axis of evil...again.

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This is greatly downplaying the hacking that has been made public, hasn’t been made public, and is continuously ongoing. Water treatment plants just publicly got hit in Canada and USA.

The simple truth right now is that China, Iran, and North Korea, are actively hacking out companies and infrastructure. It’s a sort of Cold War.

in the case of iran, it's hard to imagine it wouldn't be in retaliation for the infrastructure in iran that america has destroyed, so a cold war on one side, a hot war on the other.

It seems unwise to attack UK when US attacks you.

> It seems unwise to attack UK when US attacks you.

UK's involvement in the 2026 Iran War:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_involvement_in_...

United Kingdom and the Gaza "war":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_and_the_Gaza_wa...

They shot down some drones and lent an army base? Hardly rousing support. If I’m not mistaken, Jordan also shot down some drones, are they next up?

I’ll agree with gp, in any case seems unwise to give the UK cause to further involve themselves.

Is that supposed to be an explanation of the "morality" of just killing a random person because you got a bloody nose?

Russian too, but yes we are in the first Great Cyber War that’s been raging since at least 2022

Hackers caused power cut in western Ukraine [2016]: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35297464

> The simple truth right now is that China, Iran, and North Korea, are actively hacking out companies and infrastructure

You forgot Russia. /s Why do "companies and infrastructure" need to run "in a browser" ?

>The simple truth right now is that China, Iran, and North Korea, are actively hacking out companies and infrastructure.

What for?

Edit: I mean I'm sure it's rational, but what's the calculus there? Probing the waters? Demonstrating capabilities? What's the actual outcome?

Those same MPs decided, for example, that it should be mandatory for EV chargers to be internet connected.

They could do with a dose of reality, IMHO.

You know Iran itself refers its own side as the axis right?

Are you being diliberately obtuse? The U.S under Bush Jr. called them a member of the Axis of Evil. In response they called themselves and their allies the Axis of Resistance.

They lost Syria so there's no axis

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