Jo vs Boris: On Russian interference and cyber-attacks

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Jo vs Boris: On Russian interference and cyber-attacks

By The Voice | Wed 22nd November 2017 - 10:25 am

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Yesterday Jo Swinson took on Boris Johnson at Foreign Office questions:

Today I challenged Boris Johnson over his complacency about Russian interference and cyber-attacks on the UK pic.twitter.com/7SsOjKfj8m

— Jo Swinson (@joswinson) November 21, 2017

The text is below:

Jo: At the last Foreign Office questions, the Foreign Secretary told me that the UK could not pinpoint any direct Russian cyber-attacks on this country. Today, he tells us the Prime Minister’s comments last week about Russia’s sustained campaign of cyber-espionage and disruption refer only to other countries. Why does he think the UK is uniquely immune to Russian interference, or is he just complacent about the threat?

Boris: I should be clear with the hon. Lady that, because of the sensitivity of the intelligence involved, it is impossible for us to pinpoint these attacks in public. When the Prime Minister referred to “meddling in elections”, she was referring to meddling in other countries.

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