Chinese Spies Can Listen To Conversations Of Any Member Of The British Public

It is feared that agents would be able to remotely intercept satellite and cable communications, gaining access to phone conversations.

According to the Mirror, a retired military ­intelligence officer told that China can listen in on calls between the UK military and government officials that aren't encrypted.

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He said: "China has a very sophisticated capability when it comes to phone intercepts.

"Military can assume their calls, if they aren’t encrypted, can be intercepted and no matter how ­innocent the calls may seem, they could be of value.

"Meeting timings, names of other callers, dates, times and places, ­everything when fed into the general intelligence picture can be cross ­referenced to gain valuable information.

"And that means you can assume the same can be said of any member of the public.”

It comes after a massive cyber assault on the Ministry of Defense's defense academy.

The tri-service college in Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, was hacked, causing the IT network to go down and the website to stop running.

According to the workers, the hack was carried out by a foreign force, rendering Russia and China suspects.

A source revealed: “They said it’s the work of a foreign power.

“Everyone was told to use their laptops and computers because the work ones have been compromised.

"It is going to take at least five weeks to fix.”