Kremlin hackers ‘may have accessed Keir Starmer’s emails while opposition leader’

Keir Starmer had to wantonness his erstwhile email relationship owed to fears it had been accessed by Russian hackers, a caller publication claims.

The alleged incidental took spot successful 2022 portion the now-PM was person of the opposition, with unit told not to nonstop him emails nether immoderate circumstances.

A root told journalists Gabriel Pogrund and Patrick Maguire that the Labour leader’s email code had been ‘dangerously obvious’.

Starmer subsequently acceptable up two-factor authentication connected his relationship to marque it much secure, they constitute successful their upcoming publication Get In.

It is the latest revelation to amusement the British government’s evident vulnerability to Russian cyber threats.

Then-foreign caput Liz Truss besides reportedly had her telephone hacked by the Kremlin astir the aforesaid time, with delicate details of planetary negotiations raided.

A ‘total quality blackout’ was ordered by Boris Johnson successful effect to debar embarrassment amid ‘absolute pandemonium’ down the scenes, according to the Mail connected Sunday.

And past November, it was reported that Russia-based cybercriminals had stolen hundreds of emails and passwords from the Ministry of Defence and posted them connected the acheronian web.

Logins belonging to 595 subject personnel, MoD civilian servants and defence contractors had been taken successful hacks dating to 2020, prompting an probe by the department.

A report from the National Audit Office past week recovered the cyber menace to the UK authorities was ‘severe and advancing quickly’.

Many IT systems utilized by antithetic authorities departments were truthful old, officials were incapable to find retired however susceptible they were to attacks.

A authorities spokesperson said enactment had been taken to ‘repair cyber defences neglected by successive governments’ with a caller Cyber Security and Resilience Bill acceptable to beryllium introduced to parliament aboriginal this year.

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