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

Rishi Sunak’s old phone number apparently leaked online

Boris Johnson, then the PM, and his chancellor Rishi Sunak use their phones during a visit to a London pizza restaurant preparing to open post-lockdown in June 2020.
Boris Johnson, then the PM, and his chancellor Rishi Sunak use their phones during a visit to a London pizza restaurant preparing to open post-lockdown in June 2020. Photograph: Heathcliff O'Malley/Getty Images

Rishi Sunak’s old phone number and a voicemail recording appear to have been leaked online by pranksters in a security breach, according to reports.

The incident, first reported by the Sun, involved a longstanding phone number for Sunak that the government had told the Covid inquiry was no longer operational.

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