Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told ITV News "hostile states like Russia" are behind some of the cyberattacks the UK has experienced in recent months.
Addressing the resilience of UK businesses to deal with increasing threats to cyber security, Reeves said both the government and businesses needed to "step up" in their efforts to combat the danger.
"We also need to deal with this at source," said the chancellor.
"It’s coming from hostile states, states like Russia – and that’s why we are doing what we are doing.
"A number of these attacks originate in Russia by Russian-backed entities, and we are getting a grip of that."
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