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UK government was hacked in October, minister confirms
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on December 19, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on December 19, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
The UK government was hacked in October, confirmed by trade minister Chris Bryant. The breach may involve Chinese operatives, but no harm to individuals is expected.
LONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - British trade minister Chris Bryant said the government had been hacked in October, partly confirming a report in the Sun newspaper, which said on Friday a Chinese group had breached systems to access Foreign Office data.
"There certainly has been a hack," Bryant told Times Radio.
"I'm not able to say whether it is directly related to Chinese operatives, or indeed, the Chinese state," he said, adding that the government was "pretty confident" that no individual would be harmed as a result.
(Reporting by William James and Sarah Young; editing by Catarina Demony)
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