Ministers will be forced to name and shame China if it launches cyber-attacks on Britain following a Government defeat in the House of Lords.
Labour peers voted against an amendment on Monday to the Cyber Security and Resilience bill requiring the Government to keep a log of foreign states targeting British networks.
It would also see ministers having to report back to Parliament on the risks posed by hostile state actors on the register.
But the Conservative and Crossbench-led amendment was passed with 194 peers in favour and 155 against, meaning ministers will be forced to publicly expose Chinese activity against Britain as
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