MI5 warns UK universities over ‘theft of tech secrets by Chinese front company’

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Security service says academics should stop working with and taking grants from firm backed by Chinese intelligence MI5 China alert will send chill through UK’s cash-strapped universities MI5 has issued a rare public warning to UK universities that C…

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  • Security service says academics should stop working with and taking grants from firm backed by Chinese intelligence MI5 China alert will send chill through UK’s cash-strapped universities MI5 has issued a rare public warning to UK universities that C…
  • Reported by The Guardian and published Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:00:41 UTC.

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