Truss phone was hacked suspected Putin agents when she was foreign miner – report

Former British Prime Miner Liz Truss’s personal phone was hacked suspected agents working for Russian President Vladimir Putin when she was foreign miner, the Daily Mail reported on Saturday.
Those agents gained access to “top-secret details” of negotiations with international allies in addition to private messages exchanged with Truss’s close friend Kwasi Kwarteng, who later became finance miner, the report said.
The messages are believed to have included discussions with senior international foreign miners about the war in Ukraine, including details about arms shipments, it added.
Up to a year’s worth of messages were downloaded, the Mail said, citing unnamed sources.
A British government spokesperson declined to comment on “individuals’ security arrangements”.
“The Government has robust systems in place to protect against cyber threats. That includes regular security briefings for Miners, and advice on protecting their personal data and mitigating cyber threats,” the spokesperson added.
The hack was discovered during the Conservative Party leadership campaign that led to Truss becoming prime miner, the Mail reported.
Truss left office last week as prime miner and was succeeded Rishi Sunak.
The Mail said the messages that fell into foreign hands included criticisms of Johnson made Truss and Kwarteng, “leading to a potential risk of blackmail”.