US EditionUK Government Acknowledges It Is Investigating Cyber Incident After Media Reports
The UK government is investigating a cyberattack suspected to involve China-linked hackers targeting thousands of visa-related documents with low individual risk, officials said.
- The government confirmed a cyber incident at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, detected in October, and stated they are investigating with low risk to individuals.
- The Sun reported that Storm 1849 targeted Foreign Office systems, naming the gang as China-linked and accused of accessing tens of thousands of visa details and thousands of confidential documents, while Bryant called attribution to China speculation.
- Sky News reported the Foreign Office detected the breach on Home Office systems, Bryant called it 'a technical issue in one of our sites' and said, `We managed to close the hole, as it were, very quickly`.
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer's planned late January visit to China intersects with the scandal as the government delays a decision on China's planned new embassy in London amid espionage concerns, while the Conservative Party accuses ministers of failing to protect the UK.
- Pointing to recent 2025 corporate hacks, officials say this fits a broader cyber challenge after Jaguar Land Rover and Marks & Spencer faced multiweek disruptions.
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The UK government investigates an alleged cybersecurity incident where confidential documents from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would have been compromised. The investigation is publicly released after The Sun newspaper revealed that the group of hackers Storm 1849, linked according to the report to the Chinese government, could have agreed to [...] The post UK investigates leaking documents into alleged cyberattack appeared first on Oronotic…
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