Ministers fear China could launch online 'cyber 9/11' attack as tensions mount

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Fears China could launch online attack on UK called a ‘cyber 9/11’

, the chairman of the Commons defence select committee, says China poses more of a threat to the UK than Soviet Russia did during the Cold War.Credit: PA:Press Association7

He says the attack last month targeted "government, industry, political organisations, education, health, essential service providers and operators of other critical infrastructure".

Mobile phone blackouts have been forecast if BT and Vodaphone don't have at least five years to remove Huawei componentsThe Australian government hasn't publicly claimed China was responsible for the hacks.

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