A senior MP has claimed that Parliament’s email system is less secure than Google’s Gmail as he warned China was attacking the UK’s democracy.
Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Tom Tugendhat said Parliament and the UK Government needed to do more to defend democracy and freedom of speech.
Mr Tugendhat, who was targeted with sanctions by Beijing in retaliation for British measures imposed over human rights abuses in Xinjiang province, claimed to have been the victim of Chinese “psyops” – psychological operations – including spoof emails to fellow MPs.
Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Tom Tugendhat (Niall Carson/PA)
Mr Tugendhat said: “I was told by friends at GCHQ – not formally, I admit – that I was better off sticking to Gmail rather than using the parliamentary system because it was more secure.
A senior MP has claimed that Parliament’s email system is less secure than Google’s Gmail as he warned China was attacking the UK’s democracy.
Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Tom Tugendhat said Parliament and the UK Government needed to do more to defend democracy and freedom of speech.
Mr Tugendhat, who was targeted with sanctions by Beijing in retaliation for British measures imposed over human rights abuses in Xinjiang province, claimed to have been the victim of Chinese “psyops” – psychological operations – including spoof emails to fellow MPs.
Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Tom Tugendhat (Niall Carson/PA)
Mr Tugendhat said: “I was told by friends at GCHQ – not formally, I admit – that I was better off sticking to Gmail rather than using the parliamentary system because it was more secure.
A senior MP has claimed that Parliament’s email system is less secure than Google’s Gmail as he warned China was attacking the UK’s democracy.
Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Tom Tugendhat said Parliament and the UK Government needed to do more to defend democracy and freedom of speech.
Mr Tugendhat, who was targeted with sanctions by Beijing in retaliation for British measures imposed over human rights abuses in Xinjiang province, claimed to have been the victim of Chinese “psyops” – psychological operations – including spoof emails to fellow MPs.
Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Tom Tugendhat (Niall Carson/PA)
Mr Tugendhat said: “I was told by friends at GCHQ – not formally, I admit – that I was better off sticking to Gmail rather than using the parliamentary system because it was more secure.
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