British Intelligence: Russian Hackers Are Targeting Western Infrastructure

Hackers supportive of Russia may soon begin targeting Western critical infrastructure, British intelligence authorities have warned. While until recently such groups have been focusing on relatively harmless website hacks, some of them appear to have started considering doing more actual damage, Reuters reported, citing the National Cyber Security Centre of Britain—part of its GCHQ eavesdropping intelligence agency. "Some have stated a desire to achieve a more disruptive and destructive impact against western critical national infrastructure,…