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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Jamie Calder

Top security expert hits out at Nigel Farage's 'unsubstantiated' phone hack claim

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THE former chief of the UK's cyber security agency has hit out at claims made by Nigel Farage that his phone was "hacked" by Russian agents.

Ciaran Martin, who served as the head of cyber security at GCHQ and later as the first chief executive of the UK National Cyber Security Centre, has claimed the Reform UK leader created "unsubstantiated claims" about foreign interference to avoid scrutiny when "something inconvenient comes out".

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