Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of cyber threats to, and attacks on, the UK by North Korea; and what assessment they have made of reports that North Korea has opened a second internet connection to the rest of the world through a firm based in Russia.

The National Cyber Security Strategy 2016-2021 defines our vision and ambition for a UK that is secure and resilient to cyber threats. This includes the capacity to disrupt and deter those criminals and hostile states who threaten us, and we have increased the scale and development of GCHQ, Ministry of Defence and the National Crime Agency capabilities. The National Cyber Security Centre carries out regular assessments of the major cyber threats to the UK.