Is Britain already in a cyber war?

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Sean McFate, a former US paratrooper and now adviser to the Pentagon, but not quite as Hollywood might want us to believe.

“When people think about cyber they think about sabotage, but the true power of cyber is information; to shape people’s perception of reality and to craft a narrative,” he says.

“That’s the future of war, not tanks.

Is Britain already in a cyber war?:

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