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Risk of cyber attacks against U.K. by terrorists

Posted On: Nov. 17, 2015 12:00 AM CST

U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne is expected to warn in an upcoming speech that Islamist terrorists are plotting deadly cyber attacks against the country, The Telegraph reports.

Mr. Osborne is expected to say that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant are "already using the internet for hideous propaganda purposes; for radicalization, for operational planning too."

Mr. Osborne's warning comes in the wake of the recent Paris terror attacks.

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