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MI5 warns 100 UK academics may be unwittingly aiding Chinese espionage
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MI5 has issued an unprecedented security alert to UK universities, warning that at least 100 academics may have been unwittingly helping Chinese intelligence. The security service said academics should stop taking grants from and working with a front company linked to China's Ministry of State Security, which was seeking to steal research on topics like artificial intelligence.
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