An increasing number of cyber-attacks are targeting UK government sites such that the UK MoD security chief now calls for help from young, talented individuals to fight cybercrime. (Image: Mikael Altemark, via Flickr / CC)

A cyber-attack has breached security of the official UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) website, enough for the department to heighten alert over the increasing risk of intrusion in the country.
Major General Jonathan Shaw, Chief of Security at the MoD, announced the incident in …