Russia hacking 'FSB in years long cyber attacks on UK', says government

The UK is accusing Russia's Security Service, the FSB, of a sustained cyber-hacking campaign, targeting politicians and others in public life.
The government said one group stole data through cyber-attacks, which was later made public, including material linked to the 2019 election.
Russia has repeatedly denied claims it is involved in such activities. Foreign Secretary David Cameron said the group's actions were "completely unacceptable". "Despite their repeated efforts, they have failed. We will continue to work together with our allies to expose Russian covert cyber activity and hold Russia to account for its actions," the former prime minister said. Foreign Office Minister Leo Docherty told the House of Commons on Thursday that Russia's ambassador has been summoned and two individuals were being sanctioned. One of them is a serving FSB officer. The Russian ambassador was unavailable after being summoned on Wednesday, but officials instead met with the Russian Embassy's deputy head of mission and expressed the UK's deep concern about the alleged cyber-attacks. The group is accused of carrying out hundreds of highly targeted hacks against politicians, civil servants, those working for think-tanks, journalists, academics and others in public life. These mainly targeted the private emails of individuals following extensive research and the creation of false accounts impersonating their trusted contacts.
Amongst those targeted was an MP who told the BBC in February his emails had been stolen. The Federal Security Service (FSB) is the successor agency to the KGB, which operated throughout the Cold War.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was director of the FSB for a period in the 1990s. The group linked to the FSB - and specifically the part of it known as Centre 18 - has been targeting the UK by stealing information from those in political and public life since at least 2015, it is believed.

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[joaomarreiros]

And now the UK is not under the protection of the EU common protection and alert mechanisms, because it, the UK, does not cooperate with the EU, that is the only reason, I repeat, the UK does not benefit of the reciprocity of mutual protection with almost ALL of Europe because it refuses to share informations with other European countries.
Portugal ceased to give extended judicial and police cooperation with the UK because the UK halted reciprocity of information exchange, and let us remember how LONG have Portugal and the UK had a military alliance. Now any request of the UK, instead of going directly to regional entities, goes to the respective ministerial cabinet, reviewed, and then it is decided if it will be accepted, in what terms, and HOW MUCH will it cost to the UK - payment in advance or no cooperation. All of this because a Tory government unilaterally decided to not cooperate with their oldest ally in Europe (or in the world I think).
That should give you an idea on how the UK is functioning these days, that now, when there is an alert of Russian "intrusion" all EU countries "warn" all, and the UK, is out of it and subjected to attacks.
And this hacking in the UK is known, at least here in the EU, so the UK´s government should know it also, since its public.
And REGANELITE, Russian attempts were detected even here in Portugal, so elsewhere they are certainly happening.

[Kavala]

Are we to assume that the UK has never engaged in "cyber-hacking"?
Are we meant to forget that Clare Short, a British cabinet minister who resigned in May 2003, stated that British intelligence regularly spied on UN officials?