Russians ‘hacked Liam Fox’s emails’ to obtain dossier on US-UK trade talks

Hackers reportedly accessed account last year and obtained dossier cited by Jeremy Corbyn during election campaign

Classified documents relating to US-UK trade talks are believed to have been hacked by Russians from an email account belonging to the former minister Liam Fox, it has emerged.

A report from Reuters said Russian hackers accessed Fox’s account several times between July and October last year and obtained a dossier that ultimately ended up in the hands of Jeremy Corbyn during the election campaign. The then Labour leader said the 451-page dossier showed the NHS “was on the table” in trade talks with the US.

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