How a cyber war with Russia could play out – and why it could spiral out of control

The diplomatic crisis between Britain and Russia over the nerve agent attack on a Russian spy has raised the prospect of cyber warfare between the two nuclear-armed countries.

Theresa May pointed the finger firmly at Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday as she outlined retaliatory actions in parliament for the attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury.

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The Prime Minister made it clear that she was willing to deploy Britain’s military and intelligence capabilities to take secret action against Russia, leading to speculation that it could include targeted cyber attacks.

"We will deploy a range of tools from across the full breadth of our National Security…

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