Chinese threat actors may have already breached UK critical infrastructure, ministers told

A group of 7 hackers, 6 slightly blurred in the background and one in the foreground, all wearing black with hoods pulled up over their heads. You cannot see their faces. The hacker in the foreground sits with an open laptop in front of them. The background, behind the hackers, is a Chinese flag.

Chinese state-sponsored threat actors may have already breached critical IT infrastructure in the UK, some government officials have claimed..

After taking power, some senior ministers in the Labour government were notified hacking collectives with ties to the Chinese government most likely compromised supply chains and computer infrastructure belonging to certain “vital services”.