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Russian spies targeting UK MPs and media with ‘cyber interference’ | Politics (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 11 months ago by lavender_house to c/unitedkingdom

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[–] Syldon 8 points 11 months ago

Johnson told the Electoral commission not to investigate Russian interference in the Brexit vote. Johnson who had top clearance on all of the UK security policies. The same guy who gave his security detail the slip so he could go party with FSB agents shortly after a NATO meeting regarding the Russians poisoning UK citizens. The Tory party machine gave a Lord the title of Lord of Siberia along with access to the house.

I am not very good with dot to dot, I wonder where the issue may be coming from?

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 1 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Russian spies have been targeting MPs, journalists and others with cyber hacking as part of a concerted attempt to meddle in British politics, a Foreign Office minister has said.

Leo Docherty, a minister under David Cameron, told the House of Commons that the Russian federal security service was using “cyber interference” to target politically connected people.

“I can confirm today that the Russian federal security services, the FSB, is behind a sustained effort to interfere in our democratic processes,” he said.

MPs have previously complained about being targeted by hackers, with Labour’s Ben Bradshaw saying in 2019 that he believed he had been subject to interference by Russia.

The Russian government was also suspected in 2017 of being behind a cyber-attack on parliament that breached dozens of email accounts belonging to MPs and peers.

The long-delayed Russia report at the time said ministers in effect turned a blind eye to allegations of Russian disruption.

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