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Chinese cyber spies target Britain's govt computers
LONDON: A Chinese internet spy ring has penetrated Britain's government computer networks with malicious software, the Guardian reported. British foreign secretary William Hague told a security conference in Munich that his office repelled an attack last month by "a hostile state intelligence agency". Although Hague did not name the country behind the attacks, intelligence sources familiar with the incidents made it clear he was referring to China, the daily said. In his speech Hague talked about concern within the government about increasing threat posed by cyber espionage to steal the country's defence, diplomatic and commercial secrets. "It is a new development. The UK is prepared to admit the attacks were state-backed," said Alexander Neill, head of the Asia programme at the Royal United Services Institute thinktank. The foreign secretary said the attack came in the form of an email sent to three of his staff "which claimed to be about a ...
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