“North Korea, Iran, Russia and China.” These states use digital technologies to
“sabotage and steal, or to control and censor,” he declared.
He went on to describe the UK and its Western allies as a
“force for good in the world” that always demonstrates
“respect for international law” and uses cyber capabilities only for defending citizens and safeguarding
“international collaboration.”
Raab also accused China and Russia of
“sheltering criminal gangs” on their territories, instead of prosecuting them, but failed to mention any such groups that might be operating from within the UK or allied nations.
“We can see this clash between authoritarian and democratic states playing out very directly, right now, in cyberspace,” he said, referencing a string of cyber-attacks on Western nations that have been blamed on Moscow and Beijing.