Mi5 articles
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Foreign states targeting UK universities, MI5 warns
Senior figures from leading institutions are warned of risks to some of their cutting-edge research.
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Foreign states targeting sensitive research at UK universities, MI5 warns
Ministers considering more funding to protect important research sites, with China seen as a particular concernMI5 has warned universities that hostile foreign states are targeting sensitive research, as ministers consider measures to bolster protections.Vice-chancellors from 24 leading institutions, including Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial College London, were briefed on the threat by the domestic security service’s director general, Ken McCallum, and National Cybersecurity Centre (NCSC) chief,...
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MI5 plans to vet academics in British universities to root out foreign spies infiltrating campuses
Ministers are reviewing options to root out spies after discovering higher education institutions are being targeted.