CHINA could bring Britain to a standstill by switching off traffic lights and freezing electric vehicles, MPs were warned.
Beijing has secretly embedded microchips across UK infrastructure that could be weaponised to trigger blackouts, experts claimed at a private briefing in Parliament.
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ReutersMPs were warned China could remotely paralyse electric cars to block roads and cripple supply chains[/caption]
Ex-MI6 chief Sir Richard Dearlove and veteran diplomat Charles Parton told a dozen Labour MPs the threat lies in Chinese-made CIMs – control interface modules – which act as “gateways to computers” and are already found in vehicles, routers and payment terminals.
Mr Parton warned the Communist regime could use them to “turn off the traffic light system” or remotely paralyse electric cars to block roads and cripple supply chains.
Sir Richard added that Chinese electric vehicles were essentially “computers on wheels” and could be reprogrammed at any moment – raising the alarming prospect they could be used to “immobilise London”.
The session, hosted by Labour MP and chair of the Coalition on Secure Technology Graeme Downie, focused on China’s push to dominate the world through non-military means – using science and technology as its “battlefield”.
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