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Russian spies targeting UK MPs and media with ‘cyber interference’

Foreign Office minister tells MPs that FSB is ‘behind sustained effort to interfere in our democratic processes’

Russian spies have been targeting MPs, journalists and others with cyber hacking as part of a concerted attempt to meddle in British politics, a Foreign Office minister has said.

Leo Docherty, a minister under David Cameron, told the House of Commons that the Russian federal security service was using “cyber interference” to target politically connected people.

Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Foreign Office minister tells MPs that FSB is ‘behind sustained effort to interfere in our democratic processes’Russian spies have been targeting MPs, journalists and others with cyber hacking as part of a concerted attempt to meddle in British politics, a Foreign Office minister has said.Leo Docherty, a minister under David Cameron, told the House of Commons that the Russian federal security service was using “cyber interference” to target politically connected people. Continue reading…