英国政治

Chinese components in ‘smart’ devices pose sabotage threat to UK, MP warns

Chair of coalition on secure technology says Whitehall needs to take risk of cyber attacks ‘more seriously’

Household items from fridges to cars that contain Chinese electronics may be at risk of being accessed remotely, the new chair of Britain’s cross-party coalition on secure technology has warned.

Labour MP Graeme Downie urged ministers to encourage UK manufacturing capacity for cellular modules used in the “internet of things” in order to defend against the risk of cyber attacks.

Connected devices including smart meters, mobile payment terminals, electric cars and civilian drones all formed a “soft underbelly of infrastructure” that China could target, he warned.

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