For the people trying to shield UK companies and infrastructure from cyber attacks, this has already been a year to forget. Some of Britain’s biggest brands — Jaguar Land Rover, Marks and Spencer, Harrods, the Co-op group — have been badly hit. The government is rightly concerned that cyber criminals, who have in the past struck at public bodies such as the NHS and the British Library, will turn their malign attention again to precious national assets.
對于那些試圖保護英國公司和基礎設施免遭網絡攻擊的人來說,今年已經是“糟糕到想忘掉的一年”。英國一些最大的品牌——捷豹路虎(Jaguar Land Rover)、瑪莎百貨(Marks and Spencer)、哈羅德(Harrods)公司、Co-op集團——都遭受了重創。政府理所當然地感到擔憂:曾經攻擊過英國國家醫療服務體系(NHS)和大英圖書館(British Library)等公共機構的網絡犯罪分子,可能會再次將其惡意目光投向寶貴的國家資產。