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Private conversations of high-profile politicians and civil servants have been compromised by Russia’s principal security service during “sustained” attempts to interfere in UK politics, a Foreign Office minister has said.
LONDON (AP) — Russia's intelligence services targeted high-profile British politicians, civil servants and journalists with cyberespionage and “malicious cyberactivity” as part of sustained attempts to interfere in U.K. political processes, Britain's government said Thursday.
FSB targeted British parliamentarians from at least 2015 to this year and selectively leaked and amplified sensitive information, the Foreign Office said.
Russia has repeatedly denied claims it is involved in such activities.
Russia's intelligence services targeted high-profile British politicians, civil servants and journalists with cyberespionage and "malicious cyberactivity" as part of sustained attempts to interfere in U.K. political processes, Britain's government said Thursday.