UK’s cyber security agency warns of ‘sophisticated’ threat from Chinese hackers

Richard Horne, of the National Cyber Security Centre, said ‘our adversaries are combining cyber means with physical methods in order to further their aims’ (Ryan Jenkinson/PA) - (PA Wire)

Chinese hackers pose a “highly sophisticated and capable” threat to the UK, GCHQ’s cyber security agency has warned.

The warning came after the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) recorded a 50% increase in “highly significant” online incidents carried out by criminals and state-linked groups in the year to the end of August.