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UK government was hacked in October, minister confirms

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Posted on December 19, 2025

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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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