[pchelpers] News:Britain could be shut down by hackers from China, intelligence experts warn

China has the ability to shut down Britain's vital services, including
food or power supplies, because its companies are involved in upgrading
telecommunications systems, according to intelligence officials.

By Alastair Jamieson
Last Updated: 6:38PM BST 29 Mar 2009

Ministers have been warned that a new £10bn communications network being
developed by BT is vulnerable to a potential attack from within the
Communist state because it uses equipment supplied by Chinese telecoms
firm Huawei.

Although the risk of anyone in China exploiting the capability is
currently low, intelligence experts believe the impact of any such
attack would be very high. Computers at the Foreign Office and other
Whitehall departments were attacked from China in 2007 and the threat
from foreign governments and big companies is believed to be greater
than that posed by terrorists.

More here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/5072204/Britain-could-be-shut-down-by-hackers-from-China-intelligence-experts-warn.html
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