Russian hackers 'stole secret UK-US trade negotiation papers'

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Russian hackers 'stole secret UK-US trade negotiation papers'
August 3, 2020
https://www.itv.com/news/2020-08-03/russian-hackers-steal-secret-uk-us-trade-negotiation-papers

Russian hackers are suspected of breaking in to former trade secretary Liam Fox’s email account to steal classified UK-US trade documents that were leaked in the run-up to the last general election, it has been reported.

Reuters, citing two anonymous sources, reported on Monday that Russian hackers are suspected of accessing Dr Fox’s account multiple times between July 12 and October 21 last year.
The account was said to have been the victim of a “spear phishing” message - where users are tricked into handing over their log-in details and password.

“There is an ongoing criminal investigation into how the documents were acquired, and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this point,” a government spokeswoman said.
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