Ministry of Defence is ‘hacked by China’ as officials fear names & bank details of UK’s entire armed forces stolen

CHINA stole names and bank details of Britain’s entire armed forces, government officials fear. Some 270,000 people including regular troops, reservists and some veterans have been affected by an epic hack. 2 China has reported targeted the MoD in a massive cyberattackCredit: Getty The Ministry of Defence launched a crisis response after discovering a suspected … Read more

UK support to Israel ‘not unconditional,’ Cameron warns – POLITICO

“We expect such a proud and successful democracy to abide by international humanitarian law, even when challenged in this way,” Cameron said. The article was published on the six-month anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack by the Hamas militant group on Israel, in which around 1,200 people were killed and more than 200 taken hostage. … Read more

UK accuses China of cyberattacks on British democracy – POLITICO

The Electoral Commission, Britain’s elections watchdog, announced last year that it had been hit by a complex cyberattack in which its systems were accessed by then-unnamed “hostile actors.” According to a release by Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Monday, the country’s security services found that the commission’s systems were “highly likely compromised by a China state-affiliated … Read more

Beijing behind cyberattacks on UK MPs and peers, deputy PM to warn – POLITICO

A group of British politicians has been targeted by Chinese cyberattacks, U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden will tell parliament on Monday, according to the Sunday Times. Alison Giles, the parliament’s director of security, has called a group of MPs and peers, who are all members of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), for a … Read more

How Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer, Liz Truss and more do Christmas – POLITICO

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Plots, bills and parties give way Monday to family — and ritual. The little traditions we make for ourselves on Christmas Day pause time and briefly silence the rattle of the outside world. POLITICO London Playbook sent out the call for Westminster’s … Read more