Moscow, May 30 -- London's plans to develop "cyberweapons" threaten to militarize the information space with an eye on Russia, and indirectly confirm the United Kingdom's role in digital aggression against Russia, the Russian Embassy in London said on Friday.
On Thursday, British media reported, citing UK Defense Secretary John Healey, that the UK military would invest 1 billion pounds ($1.3 billion) in creating a cyber command and launching offensive AI-powered hacker attacks on other countries.
"The 'ambitious' plans in the ICT sphere announced by the UK Ministry of Defence on May 29 showed that London is ready to raise the stakes in the fight against the mythical 'Russian threat'... In essence, we are talking about the militarization o...