Kemi Badenoch issues huge warning as 'North Koreans' strike
Kemi Badenoch is to attend a rally in central London today as she warns the UK is under increased and unrelenting threat from hostile actors. The Tory chiefs' warning comes just hours after hackers turned up the heat on hundreds of supermarket fridges around the country.
TL;DR
- Kemi Badenoch is attending a rally in London to warn about increased threats from hostile actors.
- Cyberattacks have targeted hundreds of supermarket fridges across Europe, causing food spoilage.
- A recent hack resulting in billions in stolen cryptocurrency is attributed to North Korea.
- Badenoch will criticize Labour for not taking defense and cybersecurity seriously.
- Changes to granting indefinite leave to remain to migrants are expected to save £1 billion.
- Labour figures have not backed a return to free movement with the EU.
- Supermarket fridges in multiple European countries, including Belgium, Sweden, Ireland, the Netherlands, Estonia, and Finland, were affected by cyberattacks.
- The NCSC is aware of a couple of impacts from exploited vulnerable technology in the UK.
- Asylum minister Anna Turley states that immigration has been too high, putting pressure on public services.
- The Prime Minister is attending a Commonwealth Nations meeting amid discussions on reparations for the UK's role in the slave trade.
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is reported to have made a U-turn on immigration reform by reducing the waiting period for Indefinite Leave to Remain for care sector workers from 15 to 5 years.