Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the claim of Tom Bossert, United States homeland security advisor, that the WannaCry cyber attack on the NHS was the "direct responsibility" of North Korea.

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) assesses that it is highly likely that North Korean actors known as the Lazarus Group were behind the WannaCry ransomware campaign in May 2017. The NCSC was instrumental in the US’s attribution. The investigation is ongoing and the National Crime Agency and NCSC are working with international law enforcement and industry partners to pursue the individuals responsible and protect victims.