UK cyber world under shadow of Chinese hackers

Reports also said that the Chinese Army conducts an annual competition to recruit the best hackers of China. The Chinese hackers crippled the computers at the Foreign Office and other Whitehall departments in 2007.

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Mon, Mar 30, 2009 17:15:22 IST

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A SPECIAL report claimed on Sunday (March 29) that China has become capable of crippling Britain’s telecom services and utilities.

Officials of the intelligence agencies reported that equipments installed by Huawei, one of the renowned Chinese telecoms giants in BT's new communications network could halt important services of the nation like power, food and water supplies.

The BT has undertaken necessary steps to reduce the risk of such cyber attacks by professional Chinese hackers. It is considered an organised crime in Britain. The government also believed that mitigating measures would not be effective enough against deliberate Chinese attacks.

Alex Allan, the Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) earlier informed the members of the ministerial committee on national security about the possible emerging cyber threat from China. The meeting was then chaired by the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.

Reports said that many cyber spy networks have already infiltrated the government and private computers in 103 countries. Most of the networks are controlled from China. The Indian embassy in Washington and the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama’s activities are also being traced in this way.

While speaking to the media, John Tindle, professor in the Telecommunications Engineering department at the Sunderland University said, “If an unauthorised person were able to gain control of the equipment, its mode of operation could be changed.” He further added, “The ability to move traffic across the network could be switched off. Traffic could be re-routed to another node controlled by the attacker.”

The Chinese hackers are infamous for hacking the western networks. Reports also said that the Chinese Army conducts an annual competition to recruit the best hackers of China. The Chinese hackers crippled the computers at the Foreign Office and other Whitehall departments in 2007. The Chinese Trojan horse spyware was also found in the offices of Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor in 2007.

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