Iain Duncan Smith, the previous Tory chief, has praised Sky News for reporting that China is known to be behind a Ministry of Defence knowledge leak.
The MP went on to say it’s "certainly China who has been doing this", including that the difficulty is that the West is now "massively dependent on China".
The authorities won’t identify the nation concerned.
A cyberattack on an MoD payroll system was carried out, with names and financial institution particulars of present military, Royal Navy and RAF personnel and a few veterans uncovered.
China has referred to as the accusations "completely fabricated and malicious slanders".
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