Posted 3/25/2024, 4:09:00 PM
UK MPs Briefed on China Cyber Threats, Pressure Campaigns Against Critics
- Iain Duncan Smith impersonated by pro-China “wolf warrior”, calls for China to be labelled a threat
- Other MPs briefed by security services on cyber-attacks against them by China-linked actors
- Pro-Beijing figures contacted families of Uyghur rights activists associated with critical MPs
- Ministers expected to announce Beijing-linked hackers behind cyber-attack on Electoral Commission
- Duncan Smith says "watershed moment" to take stand on human rights and China as "greatest state-based threat"