Rishi Sunak ‘Confident’ He Was Not a Victim as UK Accuses Russia of Hacking MPs

Britain has accused Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) of trying to steal information and data from MPs, government officials and journalists over an eight-year period in an attempt to “interfere in UK political processes.” The Russian ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Office to be told Russia’s “actions have consequences,” but he was not available and instead, officials met with a senior official in President Vladimir Putin’s government and warned him about attempts to usurp the democratic process. Foreign Office minister Leo Docherty issued a statement in the House of Commons on Thursday in which he said a group of hackers known as Star Blizzard—which he said was “almost certainly” part of the FSB’s Centre 18 cyber unit—had “selectively leaked and amplified information” since 2015....