Alexander Martin reports:
Cyber spies working for Russia’s foreign intelligence service stole internal emails and data on individuals from the British government earlier this year, according to an official description of the incident obtained by Recorded Future News.
The breach of the Home Office’s systems has not previously been reported. It followed the Russian hackers initially targeting Microsoft, which supplies corporate systems to the Home Office, before the hackers exploited this access to also compromise several of Microsoft’s clients.
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