MANCHESTER, (England): Britain will recruit hundreds of computer experts to defend its vital networks against cyberattacks and launch high-tech assaults of its own, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said on Sunday.
Addressing the annual conference of his ruling Conservative party, Hammond said Britain was spending increasing amounts of its defence budget, the fourth largest in the world, on cyber intelligence and surveillance.
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