Spy chief in Britain accuses China of cyber crime

head of Britain's domestic spy agency has warned that China is spying on the computer systems of British corporations, The Times of London reported. The MI5 chief, Jonathan Evans, sent a letter last week to 300 executives and security chiefs at banks, accountancies and legal firms, warning them that they were under attack from "Chinese state organizations" over the Internet, the newspaper reported Saturday. The newspaper said the letter had also been posted on a secure section of the Web site of the government's Center for the Protection of the National Infrastructure. It included ways of identifying Chinese "Trojans," software designed to hack into a computer network and feed back confidential data, The Times said. The government Home Office, which oversees MI5, said it would not comment on private correspondence.Prime Minister Gordon Brown said last month that he would make his first visit to China as prime minister in January. China has steadfastly denied being engaged in any cyber crime and said its networks also had been targeted... IHT