Labour reports Farage's alleged Russian phone hack to police

Labour reports Farage's alleged Russian phone hack to police6 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleBrian WheelerPolitical reporterBBCLabour has reported the alleged hacking of Nigel Farage's phone and bank accounts by Russia to the Metropolitan Police and the security services.On Sunday, Reform sources claimed to a newspaper that their leader's phone may have been hacked by Russian spies to obtain details of a £5m gift he received from a crypto-billionaire.Labour has repeatedly urged Reform to provide evidence to back up its claim and now Labour chair Anna Turley has written to the Met Police and National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to ask whether they are investigating the alleged hack.Reform said it had reported the alleged incident to the "relevant authorities" but that is not thought to include the Met Police.In a statement, Reform said it would "be inappropriate to comment further while investigations are ongoing".Reform sources told the Mail on Sunday Farage had become "intensely suspicious" that he had been compromised by "foreign state actors" after reports emerged of the £5m gift from businessman Christopher Harborne."Only four people in the world knew about the gift, and so Nigel decided to submit his mobile phone for forensic analysis by counter-espionage experts."They concluded that hostile state actors, almost certainly linked to Moscow, had used 'spear phishing' tactics to compromise his phone, email and bank accounts."Spear phishing is when hackers send personalised messages to individuals to trick them into installing malware or revealing sensitive information.Farage told the newspaper: "These actions by Russia are deeply concerning and highlight the threat they pose to British security."Labour and the Conservatives have called on Reform to hand any evidence they have to the UK's security services.In a letter to Farage on Friday, Anna Turley said:...