HOSTILE states could make electric cars intelligence gatherers to monitor Brits, Ministers have warned.
The motors could be hijacked by countries such as China to keep tabs on the public as pressure grows to reduce their influence.
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Tom Tugendhat, Home Office Minister, insists that more work is needed to strip technology made by the Communist state in the police and security services.
The Security Minister doubled down to say “digital asbestos” could be found across Whitehall and institutions.
His intervention came as he was probed in the Commons over the Communist state who provide CCTV equipment, body cameras and drones here.
Speaking to MPs, he warned of “the potential that some electric vehicles could be easily turned into mobile intelligence gathering platforms by hostile states”.
He was probed by…
