UK says its offensive cyber operations are ‘accountable, precise, and calibrated’

As the role of cyber operations in international statecraft continues to grow, the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Force (NCF) has published a paper arguing that its activities are fundamentally different from those of its adversaries. In contrast to the “reckless” cyberattacks which U.K. says [Russia](https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/reckless-campaign-cyber-attacks-russian-military-intelligence-service-exposed) and [China](https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/uk-condemns-chinese-cyber-attacks-against-businesses-governments) have engaged in — namely the destructive NotPetya

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