NCSC Issues Warning Over “Severe” Cyber-Attacks Targeting Critical National Infrastructure

The UK NCSC has issued an alert to critical national infrastructure operators to act now against “severe” cyber threats, citing December’s coordinated malware attacks on Poland’s energy infrastructure. The guidance emphasizes monitoring, situational awareness, and hardening defenses (patching known vulnerabilities, MFA, secure-by-design) to mitigate impacts to ICS and essential services, and highlights recent NCSC guidance and the proposed Cyber Security and Resilience Bill to bolster resilience.