KEIR STARMER received a warning from a Russian group about potential hacks and ceased using his personal email account while he served as opposition leader.
As per a book about the leader of the Labour Party, a suspected breach occurred in 2022 just after Russia invaded Ukraine. Era.
The book reveals that the first indication of this incident came when Jill Cuthbertson, who headed the Starmer team, advised other staff members against sending emails to the compromised address.
Following a warning from Starmer’s Office staff about the potential hack of the account by the National Cyber Security Center, it was suggested that sensitive information might have been compromised but THE TIMES reported otherwise.
The previous address was described as “dangerously vulnerable” and lacking backup security such as two-factor authentication, prompting a review of individual logins from unfamiliar devices and the establishment of alternative priority accounts.
Around the same time as the suspicious security breaches involving Starmer, email collections of Richard Dearlobir, a former MI6 Director, were revealed to have been accessed by Russian hackers.
Google attributed the email leak to a Russian group known as Coldriver, who disclosed emails from Dearlove and others exposing the Brexit-related activities of the Pro-Brexit Rotter group.
Most of the emails from 2018 to 2019 illustrated the dissatisfaction of Brexit supporters with the then Prime Minister’s willingness to compromise with the EU.
Source: www.theguardian.com
