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FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER LIZ TRUSS ‘S PHONE WAS ALLEGEDLY HACKED BY RUSSIAN
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October 30, 2022  By Pierluigi Paganini


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ACCORDING TO THE DAILY MAIL, FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER LIZ TRUSS ‘S PERSONAL
PHONE WAS HACKED BY RUSSIAN SPIES.

The personal mobile phone of British Prime Minister Liz Truss was hacked by
cyber spies suspected of working for the Kremlin, the Daily Mail reported.

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According to the British tabloid, the cyber-spies are believed to have gained
access to top-secret exchanges with key international partners as well as
private conversations with her friend, the British Conservative Party politician
Kwasi Kwarteng.

“Liz Truss’s personal mobile phone was hacked by agents suspected of working for
the Kremlin, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.” read the report published by Daily
Mail. “One source said that the phone was so heavily compromised that it has now
been placed in a locked safe inside a secure Government location.”



The cyberspies compromised Truss’s phone during the summer’s Tory leadership
campaign when Ms. Truss was Foreign Secretary. Boris Johnson, who was Prime
Minister at the time, and the Cabinet Secretary, Simon Case decided to keep
secret the hack.

Some of the messages obtained by the cyberspies included criticisms Ms. Truss
made of Mr. Johnson, these messages could have been used to blackmail the
politician.

Experts also believe the messages included conversations with international
foreign ministers about the conflict in Ukraine, potentially related to arms
shipments.

In response to the hack, Ms Truss was forced to change her mobile number shortly
before becoming Prime Minister.



“It is not a great look for the intelligence services if the Foreign Secretary’s
phone can be so easily plundered for embarrassing personal messages by agents
presumed to be working for Vladimir Putin’s Russia.” continues the Tabloid.

The incident caused apprehensions within the British government whose
representatives are still concerned about the consequences of accessing and
disclosing information obtained through the attack.

“This is extremely serious – it shows the severity of the threats from countries
that would do us harm and why cyber-security needs to be taken so seriously by
everyone in Government. We need to know that the Government recognises the
gravity of this.” Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said.

A Government spokesman attempted to downplay the incident, explaining that the
government has robust measures to protect its infrastructure from cyber threats.

“We do not comment on individuals’ security arrangements. The Government has
robust systems in place to protect against cyber threats. That includes regular
security briefings for Ministers, and advice on protecting their personal data.”
said the spokesman.

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PIERLUIGI PAGANINI

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and
Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he
is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer.
Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security
expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical
Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that
security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security
blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US.
Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some
major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island,
Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security
magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency
and Bitcoin”.




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