WW3 warning as Britons will be told to stockpile food ready for Russian cyber attack.VA
An urgent WW3 warning will be issued as Britons are told to stockpile food and water amid mounting fears Vladimir Putin could order a devastating cyber attack.
Britons will be warned to stockpile food and water amid mounting fears of a Russian cyber attack. New plans being drawn up by Ministers will advise households on how to prepare for an emergency, including a strike ordered by the Kremlin.The advice, published later this year, is expected to urge Brits to create a store of food and survival tools, as well as stocking up on medicine.
Britain and her allies have grown increasingly concerned of sabre rattling from Russian despot Vladimir Putin and have seen more and more attacks on the nation’s critical infrastructure. But in a stunning admission, Darren Jones, a close ally of the Prime Minister, announced the Government was also warning a “hybrid” attack on the UK by a foreign state as early as next year.
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Civil servants will be marshalled to plan their response in a “national home defence exercise” he told MPs, as part of a “resilience and public awareness campaign” to ready to public.
Mr Jones said there would be “small but important steps they can take to be prepared in case of emergencies and disruption”.
He told MPs that in the event of a potential crisis we should prepare for a cyber attack which could “impact access to power, water, phone signal or local shops to get food”.
The alarming warning comes after the Strategic Defence Review carried out in Whitehall last year told of “daily” attacks on the country from hostile states.
Those states included Vladimir Putin’s Russia, and also Iran.
It warned that Putin had shown a “willingness to use military force, inflict harm on civilians, and threaten the use of nuclear weapons”.
Mandarins have reportedly also updated the National Risk Register, a document which lays out the worst case scenarios from a staggering range of threats.
The latest version of the harrowing dossier includes the growing threat of cyber attacks on data infrastructure, water infrastructure and police systems.
Ministers have to publish the advice to the public, but it is understood it is similar to warnings dolled out by EU nations.
Currently the bloc instructs citizens to ready a 72-hour stockpile, which includes ID documents, canned food, bottled water, matches and even a Swiss army knife.
Mr Jones attempted to reassure MPs that the county had long “overcome challenges from plagues and pandemics to war and our fair share of wet weather.”
He added: “It is right that we consistently evaluate the risks we could face and plan for what may come.”
