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America was told it needs to follow the UK’s lead and establish a national cyber centre if is to beat increasing threats from Russia, senior FBI and NSA officials said.

It comes as the Trump Presidency continues to reel under pressure from the hacking scandal, with claims that his associates may have communicated with Russian operatives to damage Hillary Clinton’s election campaign.

Russia now poses the most sophisticated nation-state cyber threat, and was “using organised crime to carry out attacks”, said Richard Ledgett, the National Security Agency’s number two official.