Calls for UK to probe reported hacking of Liz Truss phone
- The Mail on Sunday cited unnamed sources as saying that Truss’ mobile phone had been hacked ‘by agents suspected of working for the Kremlin’
- The hackers are believed to have gained access to ‘top-secret exchanges with international partners’ when Truss was foreign minister
UK opposition politicians called for an investigation on Saturday after a newspaper reported that suspected Kremlin agents had hacked ex-Prime Minister Liz Truss’ mobile phone when she was foreign minister.
In an unconfirmed report, The Mail on Sunday cited unnamed security sources as saying that Truss’s personal mobile phone had been hacked “by agents suspected of working for the Kremlin”.
They are believed to have gained access to “top-secret exchanges with international partners”.
A government spokesperson said: “We do not comment on individuals’ security arrangements” but added that there are “robust systems in place to protect against cyber threats”.
The hackers also gained access to Truss’ conversations with her ally Kwasi Kwarteng criticising Johnson, the report claimed.
Yvette Cooper of the opposition Labour Party, and who focuses on homeland security, said the report raises “immensely important national security issues” including why and how the information was leaked.
