UK govt condemns cyber breaches to top Chinese envoy

London: Britain on Tuesday said it had summoned China s top envoy in London to complain about a series of cyber attacks blamed on Beijing linked hacke...

London: Britain on Tuesday said it had summoned China's top envoy in London to complain about a series of cyber-attacks blamed on Beijing-linked hackers.

The UK, United States and New Zealand on Monday all blamed a series of cyber-security breaches in the last decade on China, which denied the allegations.

The attacks, against lawmakers and democratic institutions, appear to have targeted critics of the Chinese government, the Western powers said.

The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in London said it had summoned China's chargé d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in London.

"The FCDO set out the government's unequivocal condemnation of Chinese state-affiliated organisations and individuals undertaking malicious cyber activity against UK democratic institutions and parliamentarians," a statement read.