He told The Times: “The Strap system was compromised. All sorts of systems were compromised. Fundamental infrastructure for transferring the most sensitive data around the British state was compromised for a long time. “It is untrue to claim that the systems we use to transfer the most sensitive government information have been compromised,” a spokesperson said. Mr Cummings called it “absolutely puerile nonsense” to suggest that whether to define China as a threat is a “difficult semantic question”.

Source: The Times October 15, 2025 19:15 UTC