{"id":22833,"date":"2026-04-23T12:37:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/chinese-hackers-are-using-everyday-devices-to-hack-uk-firms-warns-watchdog\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:37:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:37:59","slug":"chinese-hackers-are-using-everyday-devices-to-hack-uk-firms-warns-watchdog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/chinese-hackers-are-using-everyday-devices-to-hack-uk-firms-warns-watchdog\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese hackers are using everyday devices to hack UK firms, warns watchdog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Britain\u2019s cybersecurity agency says companies must step up vigilance to prevent espionage attacks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/live\/2026\/apr\/23\/uk-government-borrowing--oil-100-a-barrel-strait-of-hormuz-deadlock-growth-latest-updates\">Business live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>British businesses are being urged to step up their vigilance against a China-linked hacking ploy that uses everyday devices for espionage.<\/p>\n<p>The UK\u2019s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and agencies in nine other countries have warned of persistent attempts by Beijing-backed groups to hack equipment such as wifi routers to launch cyber-attacks.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/apr\/23\/china-cyber-hacker-using-everyday-devices-hack-uk-firms\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/677e2019dcd9c7efa20b39c0eef036ad95af750b\/376_0_3743_2994\/master\/3743.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a2b02730588e2b5c0683c795d96a8a59\" title=\"Chinese hackers are using everyday devices to hack UK firms, warns watchdog\" \/>Britain\u2019s cybersecurity agency says companies must step up vigilance to prevent espionage attacks<br \/>\nBusiness live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nBritish businesses are being urged to step up their vigilance against a China-linked hacking ploy that uses everyday devices for espionage.<br \/>\nThe UK\u2019s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and agencies in nine other countries have warned of persistent attempts by Beijing-backed groups to hack equipment such as wifi routers to launch cyber-attacks. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain\u2019s cybersecurity agency says companies must step up vigilance to prevent espionage attacks Business live \u2013 latest updates British businesses are being urged to step up their vigilance against a China-linked hacking ploy that uses everyday devices for espionage. The UK\u2019s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and agencies in nine other countries have warned of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/chinese-hackers-are-using-everyday-devices-to-hack-uk-firms-warns-watchdog\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chinese hackers are using everyday devices to hack UK firms, warns watchdog<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22833"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}