Chinese whispers as government implicated in UK hack attacks

It’s all very hush hush, of course, but reports are circulating that the Director General of MI5 has within the last few days sent a ‘confidential’ letter to as many as 300 bank CEOs and security execs, accountants and legal firms across the UK. The letter apparently warns them that they are ‘under attack’ from Chinese state organisations. As a direct result of this leaked missive, security experts Finjan have taken the unusual step of making the interim results of a study public despite only being half way through the actual thing.