Britain’s National Grid has started removing components supplied by a unit of China-backed Nari Technology’s from the electricity transmission network over cybersecurity fears.
An employee at the Nari subsidiary, NR Electric Company-U.K., had said the company no longer had access to sites where the components were installed, and that National Grid did not disclose a reason for terminating the contracts. It quoted another person it did not name as saying the decision was based on NR Electric Company-U.K.’s components that help control and balance the grid and minimize the risk of blackouts.
