A RAGING Vladimir Putin could shut down power grids and "turn lights off for millions" in a vicious cyber attack, an MP will warn. But minister Pat McFadden, set to address a Nato conference in days, will also declare that "the United Kingdom and others in this room are watching Russia". 6 Labour MP and minister Pat McFadden 6 Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin 6 The warning follows Putin's attack on Ukraine last week (a house burns in Dnipro) McFadden, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, will warn Britain's allies next week that we must "not underestimate" the threat posed by Russia in its "hidden war" .
Putin's forces have previously targeted UK energy infrastructure and "won't think twice" about attacking British businesses, he will tell the military alliance. "With a cyber attack, Russia can turn the lights off for millions of people. It can shut down the power grids," McFadden is due to say, The Telegraph reports.
The cyber attack plans would be an attempt to dilute support for Ukraine from allied states . READ MORE ON UKRAINE WAR PUTIN'S LIST Putin's 'assassination targets' revealed in chilling 'declassified' documents SHADOW OF WAR I’m ex-CIA agent - Putin is a master manipulator trying to bluff the West It could provoke a "destabilising and debilitating" cyber war - with McFadden slamming the Kremlin as "exceptionally aggressive and reckless" in this area . "Be in no doubt: the United Kingdom and others in this room are watching Russia," he will add at the Cyber Defenc.
