Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has also warned the UK is in a 'pre-war world'
The Government will 'stop at nothing' to protect Britons from cyber attacks, a minister said ahead of the expected announcement of fresh sanctions against China. Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden is expected to tell Parliament that Beijing is behind a wave of cyber attacks against MPs and peers, as well as accessing the personal details of 40 million voters in a hack on the election watchdog.
Deputy PM Oliver Dowden Nuclear minister Andrew Bowie said he could not comment on the speculation about China but told LBC radio: 'The fact is that this Government has invested a lot of time, money and effort in ensuring that our cyber security capabilities are at the place they need to be, we've increased the powers of our intelligence and security community to be able to deal with these threats.
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