UK and US accuse China of ‘malicious’ global cyber attacks

China has been accused of carrying out cyber attacks in the UK and elsewhere (File/PA)

The UK and the United States have accused China of a global campaign of “malicious” cyber attacks in an unprecedented joint operation to reveal Beijing’s espionage.

Britain has publicly blamed China for targeting the Electoral Commission watchdog and for being behind a campaign of online “reconnaissance” aimed at the email accounts of MPs and peers.