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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Lammy announces exposure of 18 Russian spies after UK cyber-attacks

David Lammy speaking in front of a microphone
Announcing the sanctions, David Lammy accused Russia of ‘running a campaign to destabilise Europe’. Photograph: Alina Smutko/Reuters

The UK has exposed 18 Russian spies and their units responsible for cyber-attacks in Britain and hacking one of the victims of the Salisbury poisonings, David Lammy, the foreign secretary, has said.

Announcing individual sanctions, Lammy said Russia had targeted media, telecoms providers, political and democratic institutions and energy infrastructure in the UK in recent years.

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