A little reminder of the story. Her whirlwind visit to 10 Downing Street should not make us forget that Liz Truss was Boris Johnson’s Foreign Minister in the United Kingdom, between September 15, 2021 and September 6, 2022. It was during her visit to the Foreign Office that M’s home phoneme Truss was allegedly hacked by Russian agents, reported this weekend the DailyMailin support of anonymous sources.
According to the British tabloid, these agents had access to “top secret details” talks between the Foreign Secretary and UK allies. These messages with the allies related in particular to the war in Ukraine, in particular arms deliveries to kyiv. Up to a year’s worth of messages could be downloaded, adds the DailyMail.
According to the newspaper, this hack was discovered during the internal campaign of the Conservative Party, which allowed Mme Truss to become prime minister. But the matter was deliberately kept secret by Mr Johnson and by Simon Case, his Cabinet Secretary. The revelation of this incident solves the mystery of the sudden change in the number of the mobile phone used by Mr.me Truss for ten years. This change had worried ministers and advisers, who had suddenly found it impossible to contact her.
Getting back to your questions, Russia’s claims that Britain and the United States conspired to blow up Nord Stream gas lines, claiming that former Prime Minister Liz Truss texted after the outburst to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken saying ” it is done “, seem inconsistent with what is known about M’s phone hackingme Truss.
According to the newspaper, the hack was discovered “during the summer”, while Liz Truss was still foreign minister and in the running to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister. The pipe explosion didn’t happen until September 26, more than two weeks later. It therefore seems highly unlikely that Liz Truss was allowed to use the same phone for weeks after such a breach was discovered.
The United States have on their side, the 1er November, ruled Russia’s claims “ridiculous” and ” unfounded “.
“Russia’s baseless accusations against the UK, and before that the US, are just another attempt to distract from their brutal war on Ukraine”State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement to the DailyMail.