Oliver Dowden is set to blame China for cyber attacks (Image: Getty)
The UK government is set to blame China for cyber-attacks on the country's Electoral Commission.
The attacks happened in August 2021, but details only emerged last year. It reportedly saw the personal details of millions of voters accessed.
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Several MPs and peers who have been critical of Beijing are believed to have also been targeted. Deputy PM Oliver Dowden will speak to Parliament later on Monday about the threat posed by China.
According to the BBC, other Western nations will express similar concerns. The Electoral Commission acknowledged "hostile actors" have accessed copies of the electroal registers and hacked into both its emails and "control systems".
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The Electoral Commission was hit with a cyber attack in 2021 (Image: Getty)
The Electoral Commission said the attack had not affected any elections or anyone's registration status. It is now thought that Mr Dowden will suggest those behind the attack had links to Beijing.
Dowden is also expected to outline how the UK intends to respond to the threat. The government wants to emphasise that it has already turned down or reduced Chinese investment in infrastructure in recent years due to national security concerns.
Three MPs thought to have been targeted - former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith, former minister Tim Laughton and the SNP's Stewart McDonald - will receive a briefing from the head of parliamentary security.
They are part of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, a group that keeps a close eye on Beijing's actions and often voices criticism. China is yet to respond to the claims.
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Oliver Dowden will address the attack in Parliament (Image: Getty)
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This comes as the UK government becomes more worried about Chinese spying and meddling in Parliament. In September 2023, a person who works in Parliament was arrested under the Official Secrets Act, accused of being a spy for China.
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A year earlier, there was an unusual warning about the activities of Christine Lee, a lawyer based in the UK.
MI5 said she had been doing things to interfere with politics, including giving money to help MPs do their work. They said all this was done for China.
China has always said it is not guilty of spying or doing anything wrong.
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