The government has been urged to launch an urgent investigation following reports that Liz Truss’s phone was hacked. The breach was discovered when then-foreign secretary Ms Truss was running for the Tory leadership in the summer, The Mail on Sunday reported.
Spies suspected of working for Russian president Vladimir Putin gained access to sensitive information, including discussions about the Ukraine war with foreign officials, the paper said, citing unnamed sources. It also claimed private conversations between Ms Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng criticising Boris Johnson fell into the hackers’ hands.
Opposition parties are demanding a probe into the alleged attack, which will raise questions about the UK’s cyber security, as well as the judgment of Mr Johnson and Mr Case. Labour’s shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said: “There are immensely important national security issues raised by an attack like this by a hostile state which will have been taken extremely seriously by our intelligence and security agencies.
