Rishi Sunak mentioned he was restricted in what he may say over who was responsible for a “malign act” on the Ministry of Defence web site.
He mentioned China has “essentially totally different values to ours” however wouldn’t identify it’s because the suspect over a cyber assault.
However he named Russia, Iran, North Korea and China as a “mixture of authoritarian states” and mentioned it was proper to extend defence spending.
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps will give an announcement within the Home of Commons later.
MoD information breach: China suspected of hacking UK armed forces payroll
