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MI5 issues spy alert to UK universities over Chinese front company stealing research
Security service says academics should stop taking grants from and working with firm backed by China’s intelligence service
theguardian.com
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MI5 issues spy alert to UK universities over Chinese front company stealing research
Security service says academics should stop taking grants from and working with firm backed by China’s intelligence service
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| September 30, 2026 at 9:16 AM EDT to October 1, 2026 at 6:00 PM EDT | Link resolves | Passed | 200 | 3 checks over about 33 hours, the same result every time. 200, text/html, 387058 characters, landed on https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/30/mi5-issues-spy-alert-over-body-linked-chinese-state-stealing-vital-uk-research-universities The wording varied; every check is below.Every one of the 3
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| September 30, 2026 at 9:16 AM EDT | Page contains the quotation | Passed | 200 | the page contains the quotation, exactly |
| September 30, 2026 at 5:46 PM EDT to October 1, 2026 at 6:00 PM EDT | Page contains the quotation | Failed | 200 | 2 checks over about 24 hours, the same result every time. the page does not contain the quotation, exactlyEvery one of the 2
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