Among devices containing the modules are: laptop computers; voice-controlled smart speakers; smart watches; smart energy meters; fridges; lightbulbs and other appliances that can be controlled through an app. Photo / Getty Images
China has the ability to spy on millions of people in Britain by “weaponising” microchips embedded in cars, domestic appliances and even lightbulbs, ministers have been warned.
The “Trojan Horse” technology poses a “wide-ranging” threat to UK national security, according to a report sent to the Government by a former diplomat who has advised Parliament on Beijing.
The modules can collect and transmit data via the 5G phone network, allowing China to monitor the movements of intelligence targets including people, arms and supplies, and to use the devices, millions of which are already in use in the UK, for industrial espionage.
The report, published…
