Britain believes that a number of the country’s lawmakers have been targeted by a Chinese cyber attack. The information of millions of voters has also ended up in China.
A number of British parliamentarians have been targeted by a Chinese cyber attack. The personal information of millions of voters has also ended up in China.
This was seen by the British Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden will tell the country’s parliament on Monday, report Britain, among others the BBC and online magazine Politico.
of The Guardian newspaper according to Dowden will also announce economic sanctions against China.
In Britain, a cyber attack on the voting registers took place in August 2021, but it was only reported to the public last year.
Until now, British authorities have not publicly blamed China for the attack, in which a hacker gained access to the personal data of an estimated 40 million voters.
Legislators targeted
In another data breach, an attempt has been made to gain access to the information of three members of the lower house of parliament and one member of the upper house via the network.
All of the policymakers targeted by the hacking attempt belong to an interparliamentary diplomacy group that brings together lawmakers from different countries interested in China.
Members of Parliament are scheduled to hold a separate press conference on Monday after first consulting the British Parliament’s head of security behind closed doors.
So far, it is not known what kind and how extensive economic sanctions Britain plans to announce on Monday.
Prime minister of the country Rishi Sunak has characterized China as “the biggest state threat to our national security”, the BBC writes.
According to Sunak, China is an economic threat to security and an era-defining challenge.
– So it is right that we take steps to protect ourselves, Sunak commented according to the BBC.