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China can bring Britain to a halt

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Intelligence chiefs have warned that China may have gained the capability to shut down Britain by crippling its telecom and utilities.


They have told ministers of their fears that equipment installed by Huawei, the Chinese telecom giant, in BT’s (the main British telecom company) new communications network could be used to halt critical services such as power, food and water supplies. The warnings coincide with growing cyberwarfare attacks on UK by foreign intelligence services, particularly from Russia and China.

A confidential document circulating in Whitehall says that while BT has taken steps to reduce the risk of attacks by hackers or organised crime, “we believe that the mitigating measures are not effective against deliberate attack by China”. It is understood that Alex Allan, chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, briefed members of the ministerial committee on national security about the threat from China at a top-secret Whitehall meeting in January.




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