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MI5 warns UK universities over ‘theft of tech secrets by Chinese front company’
Security service says academics should stop working with and taking grants from firm backed by Chinese intelligence MI5 China alert will send chill through UK’s cash-strapped universities MI5 has issued a rare public warning to UK universities that China’s intelligence service is using a front company to pay for research by UK academics and steal the secrets of hi-tech projects. Britain’s domestic security service said researchers and academics should cease work with the China General Technology Research Institute (CGTRI), sometimes also known as the China Academy of General Technology (CAGT). Additional reporting by Helena Horton Continue reading...
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Security service says academics should stop working with and taking grants from firm backed by Chinese intelligence MI5 China alert will send chill through UK’s cash-strapped universities MI5 has issued a rare public warning to UK universities that China’s intelligence service is using a front company to pay for research by UK academics and steal the secrets of hi-tech projects. Britain’s domestic security service said researchers and academics should cease work with the China General Technology Research Institute (CGTRI), sometimes also known as the China Academy of General Technology (CAGT). Additional reporting by Helena Horton Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, MI5 warns UK universities over ‘theft of tech secrets by Chinese front company’, Security service says academics should stop working with and taking grants from firm backed by Chinese intelligence MI5 China alert will send chill through UK’s cash-strapped universities MI5 has issued a rare public warning to UK universities that China’s intelligence service is using a front company to pay for research by UK academics and steal the secrets of hi-tech projects. Britain’s domestic security service said researchers and academics should cease work with the China General Technology Research Institute (CGTRI), sometimes also known as the China Academy of General Technology (CAGT). Additional reporting by Helena Horton Continue reading…
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