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UK accuses China of business bugging
AFP, LONDON
Monday, Feb 01, 2010, Page 1
Britain¡¦s domestic intelligence service has accused China of bugging British
business executives with memory sticks that provide access to users¡¦ computers,
the Sunday Times reported.
MI5 also believes China is setting up ¡§honeytraps¡¨ in an attempt to blackmail
compromised executives into betraying commercial secrets, the newspaper said.
It alleges that a leaked MI5 document describes how undercover Chinese
intelligence officers have approached British businessmen at trade fairs with
the offer of ¡§gifts¡¨ and ¡§lavish hospitality.¡¨
The gifts, such as cameras and memory sticks, have been found to contain
electronic Trojan bugs that allow Chinese intelligence services remote access to
any computer they are connected to, the newspaper said.
MI5 also accuses China of employing electronic hacking to obtain sensitive
commercial information and believes the Chinese government ¡§represents one of
the most significant espionage threats to the UK,¡¨ the report said.
¡§Chinese intelligence services have also been known to exploit vulnerabilities
such as sexual relationships and illegal activities to pressurise individuals to
co-operate with them,¡¨ the 14-page MI5 document says, according to the
newspaper.
China has repeatedly denied spying on Britain.
The newspaper said China¡¦s embassy in London did not comment on the allegations.
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