![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/former-army-boss-blasts-liz-truss-ill-discipline-over-kremlin-phone-hack/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2_BRITAIN-POLITICS-CONSERVATIVES.jpg&description=Lord Dannatt, who was Chief of the General Staff from 2006 to 2009, voiced his disbelief that the former Prime Minister was using a personal mobile phone for government business after it emerged she had been hackedIt was reported last night that Liz Truss's phone had been hackedLiz Truss has been blasted by a former British Army chief who accused her of "ill discipline" after the Kremlin phone hack scandal came to light. Sensational reports emerged last night claiming that the former Foreign Secretary's personal phone was compromised. It is reported that there were messages with former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng on the phone, as well as details about support for Ukraine. According to the Mail on Sunday, agents thought to be working for the Kremlin downloaded a year's worth of messages and top secret discussions with international allies. Lord Dannatt, who was Chief of the General Staff from 2006 to 2009, told Times Radio: "Our leaders must be sufficiently disciplined to only communicate through authorised means which themselves are encrypted and are secure. "We've seen it with Suella Braverman, apparently sending messages that she shouldn't have done on a personal email, and now we get it with Liz Truss. "This, frankly, is not good enough." Lord Dannatt voiced his horror at the former PM's lack of discipline ( Getty) He added that politicians failing to use secure means of communicating "is ill discipline and, frankly, reflects very poorly on their judgment". A cabinet minister today did not deny that Ms Truss's phone was hacked by Russian spies - but claims the ex-PM would have "followed the advice she was given" by intelligence advisers. But it's claimed Boris Johnson and Cabinet Secretary Simon Case agreed to suppress information about the cyber-attack, which was discovered during the Tory leadership campaign. Allies were worried that if the news broke it could derail her chances of becoming Prime Minister - and it's claimed she 'had trouble sleeping' until Mr Cas){kind=link}
Lord Dannatt, who was Chief of the General Staff from 2006 to 2009, voiced his disbelief that the former Prime Minister was using a personal mobile phone for government business after it emerged she had been hacked
Liz Truss has been blasted by a former British Army chief who accused her of “ill discipline” after the Kremlin phone hack scandal came to light.
Sensational reports emerged last night claiming that the former Foreign Secretary’s personal phone was compromised.
It is reported that there were messages with former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng on the phone, as well as details about support for Ukraine.
According to the Mail on Sunday, agents thought to be working for the Kremlin downloaded a year’s worth of messages and top secret discussions with international allies.