- Cyber spies intercepted confidential messages with international politicians.
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| Liz Truss |
Russia Hacks Liz Truss's Personal Phone Before She Became Prime Minister
The personal phone of former British Prime Minister Liz Truss was hacked last summer, when she was still head of Foreign Affairs, as revealed by the Mail on Sunday.
The "cyberspies", who according to the newspaper worked for Russia, intercepted confidential messages between Truss and international politicians, as well as exchanges with Kwasi Kwarteng, whom weeks later she would appoint as her economy minister.
An executive spokesman declined to comment on "individual" cases, while opposition parties have demanded an investigation into the alleged leak of secret information.
"The Government maintains robust systems to protect against cyberattacks that include regular security briefings with ministers, in which they are offered advice to protect their personal data," said an official spokesman for the Executive.
The head of the Interior of the Labor opposition, Yvette Cooper, stated that "there are serious doubts about why and how this information has been leaked, which must be urgently investigated."
"An attack like this, perpetrated by a hostile state, raises immensely important national security issues that must be taken extremely seriously by our security and intelligence agencies," he added.
The "Mail on Sunday" claims that the theft of messages was discovered last summer, but the then Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and his cabinet secretary, Simon Case, prevented it from being disclosed.
According to sources consulted by the tabloid, the hackers downloaded Truss's year-long conversations, which included exchanges with foreign ministers about the war in Ukraine, including details about arms shipments to Kyiv.
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