Liz Truss phone hack claim prompts calls for investigation – Saudi Gazette

Liz Truss phone hack claim prompts calls for investigation – Saudi Gazette

LONDON — The government has been urged to open an investigation into claims former prime minister Liz Truss’s phone was hacked while she was foreign secretary.

The Mail on Sunday reported private messages between Truss and foreign officials, including about the Ukraine war, fell into foreign hands.

The hack was discovered during the summer Tory leadership campaign but the news was suppressed, the paper said.

The government said it had “robust” cyber-threat protection in place. The spokesperson added that the government “did not comment on individuals’ security arrangements”.

Details about the hack were suppressed by then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Cabinet Secretary Simon Case, The Mail on Sunday claimed, citing what it said amounted to a “news blackout” imposed by Case.

The newspaper also said private messages exchanged between Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng, her close friend whom she made chancellor when she became prime minister, were also uncovered by the alleged hack.

It is not clear how any hack happened, but opposition parties have seized on the issue.

“There are immensely important national security issues raised by an attack like this by a hostile state which will have been taken extremely seriously by our intelligence and security agencies,” said shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper.

“There are also serious