MI5 warns UK universities over alleged Chinese intelligence front company
The Guardian reports that MI5 has warned UK universities about a research organisation it alleges is linked to Chinese intelligence. The security service urged academics to stop working with the organisation and accepting its grants.
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MI5 has issued an unusual public alert to UK universities over alleged efforts by Chinese intelligence to obtain sensitive technology research, according to The Guardian.
The report says Britain's domestic security service identified the organisation as the China General Technology Research Institute (CGTRI), also known as the China Academy of General Technology (CAGT).
According to The Guardian's account of the warning, MI5 alleges that Chinese intelligence uses the organisation to fund British academics' research and steal secrets from high-tech projects.
The security service advised researchers and academics to end their work with the organisation and stop accepting its grants, the newspaper reports. The supplied excerpt does not independently substantiate the intelligence allegations.
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- The Guardian – Worldtheguardian.com
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