I find it an interesting coincidence that all of sudden we are seeing lots of stories surrounding cyberattacks targeting the UK at same time that legislation granting British domestic authorities unprecedented rights to intrude into the electronic lives of it's citizens are being discussed...funny that.

The head of MI5, Britain's counter-intelligence agency, described the recent levels of cyber assaults on the United Kingdom's computer systems as "astonishing".

By Walter Hickey, Jun. 26, 2012, 3:38 PM

Jonathan Evans is dealing with the security nightmare that is the upcoming London 2012 Olympic Games, and described how cyber attacks against UK industry — from both criminals and states — have increased exponentially recently.

The BBC reported that Russia and China had been previously cited as the nations most involved in state-based attacks.

Their attackers are organized on "an industrial scale."

The cyber assaults are being perpetrated by both state-sponsored espionage agencies as well as organized cyber criminals, all trying to access secret information and take down networks.

There's an immense amount at stake for Britain — it's not just the success of the Olympics at risk.

"What is at stake is not just our government secrets but also the safety and security of our infrastructure," Evans told the BBC, "the intellectual property that underpins our future prosperity and... commercially sensitive information."

http://www.businessinsider.com/a-huge-cyber-war-on-britain-before-olympics-2012-6#ixzz1yz6gvrR1

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...with the Olympic games, around the corner.. the British authorities will only extract more and more rights from the population in the name of "public safety".. I'm sure that once the games are over.. they'll just go back to normal and recind the extra powers that they have given themselves.. I think thats what they'll do, right!