Whitehall figures fear hostile states have helped to fuel wild conspiracy theories in an attempt to destabilise the nation. China , Russia and Iran are.
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Britain’s democracy is under threat from Chinese cyber attacks that have accessed the details of 40 million UK voters and have targeted senior politicians, MPs will be told today. Deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden is due to tell Parliament that Beijing is behind a hacking operation that accessed millions of UK voters’ details from the Electoral Commission.
The UK is taking measures to protect itself from the epoch-defining challenge of an increasingly assertive China, the prime minister has said.
The government is expected to say Beijing-linked hackers. -March 25, 2024 at 08:04 am EDT
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