 'At one point we believe both were on there,' a GCHQ insider revealed. 'It was very embarrassing and caused great stir in government because they didn't know whether they should admit it or not. 'It would have been an enormous amount of information. But none of it should have been classified, just daily business stuff.' The news comes after the data of millions of voters could have been accessed after the Electoral Commission revealed it was hacked for more than a year. 'Hostile actors' first gained access to the regulator's systems in August 2021, but were only discovered in October last year after 'a suspicious pattern of log-in requests'. The commission sai){kind=link}
NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
Hackers from Russia and China infiltrated the Foreign Office’s emails and internal messages without the public’s knowledge, it has been revealed.
The major security breach meant cyber attackers were able to see the day-to-day business of the government department in 2021.
The cyber attacks were enabled because a Foreign Office staff member ‘probably accidentally’ downloaded malware hidden in an email, the i revealed.
While the breach did not give them access to classified information, it has raised concerns about security measures in place in government at the time.