Chinese firm got Covid contract despite trying to hack NHS data, minister says
by Daniel Boffey Chief reporter from Science | The Guardian on (#69JVJ)
BGI Group, which is said to have made multiple attempts to hack into Genomics England, was given 11m testing contract in 2021
China's leading genomics research company was given a Covid testing contract in the UK despite ministers knowing it had repeatedly sought to hack into the NHS's genetic datacentre, a government minister has said.
The BGI Group was making multiple attempts every week to hack" into Genomics England in 2014, George Freeman, a minister for science, innovation and technology, revealed to MPs, and is said to remain a danger".
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