{
  "id": 10945754,
  "title": "MI5 issues spy alert to UK universities over Chinese front company stealing research",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/mi5-issues-spy-alert-to-uk-universities-over-chinese-front-company",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T13:00:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/30/mi5-issues-spy-alert-over-body-linked-chinese-state-stealing-vital-uk-research-universities"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Security service says academics should stop taking grants from and working with firm backed by China’s intelligence service MI5 China alert will send chill through UK’s cash-strapped universities China’s intelligence service used a front company to pay grants to British universities and steal crucial research about technology projects, MI5 said on Wednesday in a rare public espionage warning.…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "UK tells academics to cut ties with Chinese institute that MI5 brands a front for spying",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/uk-tells-academics-to-cut-ties-with-chinese-institute-that-mi5-brands",
        "published": "2026-09-30T13:37:44.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}