The Prime Minister could have put himself at an “increased risk” of snooping and criminal activity, according to a former national security adviser, after it emerged his mobile number had been openly available online for 15 years.
Lord Ricketts said the revelation that, until this year, Boris Johnson’s contact number was still listed on the bottom of a 2006 press release on the internet meant “thousands” of people could have his details, possibly placing him at risk of hostile state action.
It follows a row in recent weeks over so-called Government-by-text after it emerged that lobbyists and others from the business world had personally messaged the Prime Minister in a bid to get him to intervene in issues.
The Prime Minister could have put himself at an “increased risk” of snooping and criminal activity, according to a former national security adviser, after it emerged his mobile number had been openly available online for 15 years.
Lord Ricketts said the revelation that, until this year, Boris Johnson’s contact number was still listed on the bottom of a 2006 press release on the internet meant “thousands” of people could have his details, possibly placing him at risk of hostile state action.
It follows a row in recent weeks over so-called Government-by-text after it emerged that lobbyists and others from the business world had personally messaged the Prime Minister in a bid to get him to intervene in issues.
Cairo: Iran has said it could enter a “new chapter of engagement and cooperation” after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has said his country seeks good ties with Tehran.
“The two important regional countries and the Islamic world could enter a new chapter of engagement and cooperation through constructive dialogue to achieve regional peace, stability and development by overcoming disputes,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said, according to the Iranian news agency IRNA.
He made the comment, responding to a question on the Saudi crown prince’s remarks on the Saudi-Iranian ties, IRNA said.
The Saudi Crown Prince said this week that his country is interested in “normal relations” with Iran, but blamed the latter’s “negative behaviour” for straining their links.
Boris Johnson s personal mobile number online may have put him at risk says former UK security adviser
PM’s mobile number being online may have put him at ‘increased risk’ of snooping A former UK national security adviser has said that the Prime Minister could have put himself at an “increased risk” of snooping and criminal activity, after it emerged his mobile number had been openly available online for 15 years. Lord Ricketts said Boris Johnson needs to be much more digitally secure following the revelation that, until this year, his contact number was still listed on the bottom of a 2006 press release online meaning “thousands” of people could have his details, possibly placing him at risk of hostile state action.
Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Kathryn Stone has been asked to investigate his conduct over the issue.
Labour MP Dame Margaret Hodge, a former chairwoman of spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee, has asked for the new investigation into the funding of the refurbishment of the Prime Minister’s apartment.
I have submitted a complaint about Boris Johnson s conduct to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. Why?
The PM has repeatedly failed to be honest, open or transparent about the donations & gifts he receives.
The PM s ethics advisor is toothless & has no independence.
In her letter to the commissioner, Dame Margaret said: “With this matter the Prime Minister would appear to have repeatedly broken the general principles of the Code of Conduct, failing to be either honest, open or accountable when questioned by the media and in Parliament.