Former senior security officials and other UK government officials sounded the alarm on China tapping into highly classified information through a major hack that is said to have lasted for years. Dominic Cummings, a former senior advisor to Boris Johnson is one such official who has spoken out about the then-prime minister being informed about a breach in 2020.

He told The Times this week that he and the former UK PM were alerted about the security breach by then-cabinet secretary (both Lord Case and Lord Sedwill served held the post at the time). Claiming how “vast amounts” of UK secrets were hacked by the Chinese, Cummings also accused the British state of giving more precedence to Chinese money than its own security.

Ex-UK PM advisor says British state picked Chinese money over s

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