Over the past several years, its scope has grown to include cyber incidents — such as when an MoD supplier was hit by a ransomware attack, certain details of which were successfully kept out of the press — as well as counter-terrorism policing and leaks.
Committee members also worriedly discussed misinformation around the Russia-Ukraine war at a meeting on May 12, 2022. “[The chairman] acknowledged that information warfare did not fall within the strict scope of the Committee’s remit but said he could not think of a better forum where it might be meaningfully discussed…