A device that transmitted information about its location was found in one of the cars used by members of the British government and high -ranking diplomats. As the British newspaper I reports on Saturday, sources in the Kingdom of special services believe that Chinese intelligence can be for the introduction of such sensors in the PRC.
The publication refers to an employee of the British counterintelligence, which announced the publication that, due to the growing fears of London, the cars were carefully checked and “dismantled the screw”. As a result, a SIM card was discovered, transmitting information about its coordinates.
“This makes it possible to collect information about the government for many months and years, constantly tracking movements, constantly creating a detailed picture of the conductive activity. This can be slowly and methodically done for a very, very long time. This is a vulnerability” – – Said the interlocutor of the publication.
Another source of the publication, who previously worked in the Kingdom Security Services, suggested that not only Chinese, but also Russian special services could receive information about the movement of British ministers.
The former head of the ruling conservative party of Great Britain, Ian Duncan Smith, said that what happened gives the government the next reason to recognize China as a threat to the United Kingdom.
“It is definitely the time to revise the comprehensive review of the issues of security, defense and foreign policy of Great Britain and declare China in it a systemic threat to the country,” he said, mentioning a government document that was published in March 2021 and soon should be updated with taking into account the changed situation in the world.