Obama and Cameron have agreed to exchange cyber attacks

The United Kingdom and the United States agreed to exchange cyber attacks against each other as part of the exercise and the creation of a new system of protection against terrorist and other threats in the network.

The first such exercises - an attack on the financial sector - will be held this year, a representative of the British government said.

This agreement, which is already called unprecedented, was reached at a meeting in Washington between US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron.

The leaders of the two countries agreed on the creation of joint units of experts on combating cybercrime.

The representative of Downing Street said that this is the first such unit, which is being created in Britain together with another country.

These steps are considered a reaction to the recent cyber attack on the company Sony Pictures in California and at the sites of the US Central Command.

Growing danger

In an interview with BBC, David Cameron described cyber attacks as one of the main threats facing us today.

The first dramatization of the war in cyberspace will affect the Bank of England and a number of commercial banks. The City of London and Wall Street in New York will be tested for protection against hackers.

Further exercises will affect, as a British government spokesman said, “critical parts of the national infrastructure.”

In addition, funds will be allocated for the preparation of a new generation of cyber agents.

Barack Obama said cyber attacks are becoming an immediate and growing threat. He said that the US authorities are planning to improve legislation in order to more successfully counter this type of threat.

In 2103, the UK National Audit Department warned that a lack of qualified professionals in this area was hindering a successful fight against online crime.

David Cameron said that the UK is now ready to repel cyber attacks, and that British experts have accumulated vast experience, but added that it is impossible to stop there.

“This is a strong signal that we need to step up our efforts,” the British prime minister said. “This also means protecting personal data, personal financial information of people - these attacks really affect the financial well-being of the population,” writes BBC News.