The British government warned its delegate attending the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China, to be cautious of Chinese sex spies.
Known as honeypot spies, these Chinese agents and hackers are feared to attempt to use the summit as a chance to steal intelligence from the British government led by new Prime Minister Teresa May, Chinchilla News reported. They were warned also that their hotel rooms could be bugged.
Members of the delegation were advised if they feel uncomfortable people seeing them naked, they should change under their bedclothes, The Telegraph quoted a Whitehall source. To prevent hacking, members of the British delegation were issued temporary phones and email accounts.
Another no-no is accepting electronic gifts from their Chinese hosts such as USB sticks and phone chargers.
The warning is not without basis. In 2008, a member of Gordon Brown’s entourage brought to his room a beautiful Chinese woman – apparently a government agent – to his hotel room in Shanghai. When he woke up, his Blackberry and documents were missing.
Before the summit, Chinese hackers tricked delegates from the Czech Republic, Portugal, Bulgaria, Latvia and Hungary into downloading malicious files which hijacked their computers, reported Mirror.
May, meanwhile, made it known she wants post-Brexit trade outside Europe. She has expressed interest in Australia, Canada and New Zealand.