https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/27/nigel-farage-phone-hacking-claims

Anna Turley gives Reform leader 24 hours to report Russian hacking claim in ‘public and national interest’

The Labour chair has given Nigel Farage 24 hours to report to security services the claim that his phone was hacked by Russia-linked actors or the party will do it for him.

In a letter to the Reform UK leader, Anna Turley said it was “in the public and national interest” to ensure that a suspected overseas hack of a senior politician’s phone by a hostile state was properly investigated.

A Reform spokesperson said the incident had been reported to “the relevant authorities”, without saying who these were.

Scepticism has continued over Farage’s claim, made in a Sunday newspaper, that “foreign state actors”, most likely serving Moscow, had accessed his phone and leaked information about the £5m gift he received from Christopher Harborne, a cryptocurrency billionaire based in Thailand.

In her letter, Turley asked Farage, who has largely avoided media scrutiny in recent weeks, to set out why Harborne gave him the money, in the run-up to the 2024 general election. Farage initially said the sum was intended to pay for his security, but later characterised it as a reward for his campaigning on Brexit.

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On Monday, Ciaran Martin, the former head of the National Cyber Security Centre, called Farage’s version of events “an entirely unsubstantiated claim and one without any merit”, saying it would be difficult to conclude the involvement of Russia based on the examination of a phone.

Martin said given the seriousness of the matter, Farage should formally report what happened to the authorities.

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/27/nigel-farage-phone-hacking-claims

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