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Tom Place

China 'hacked the mobile phones of senior officials in Downing Street for years'

China hacked the mobile phones of senior Downing Street officials for several years, compromising them by exposing their private communications to Beijing, it has been reported.

State-sponsored hackers targeted the phones of aides to Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak between 2021 and 2024, according to The Telegraph.

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