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Labour reports alleged Farage hack to security officials after Reform leader fails to do so

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Nigel Farage initially claimed he was given the money to cover security costs. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Request follows claims actors linked to Moscow accessed Reform UK leader’s data and leaked information over £5m donation

Labour has reported the alleged hacking of Nigel Farage’s phone to police and government cybersecurity officials after the Reform UK leader failed to do so himself.

The Labour chair, Anna Turley, has asked the Metropolitan police and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to investigate Farage’s claims that his phone was compromised by hostile actors linked to Russia.

Reform has suggested the Guardian’s revelation that Farage was given a £5m donation from the Thailand-based cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne originated from material leaked from his phone, email and bank accounts. The party said last weekend it believed his information had been obtained by “hostile actors, almost certainly linked to Moscow”.

Reform said it had reported the matter to “the relevant authorities”, without specifying which ones. Labour challenged the party to refer the case to the NCSC, but it is understood that had not happened by Thursday afternoon.

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/29/labour-inquiry-nigel-farage-russia-phone-hack-donation-reform-uk

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Nigel Farage blames the Muzzies.
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Report ‘phone hack’ to police or I will do it for you, Labour chair tells Farage

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Nigel Farage has claimed that ‘foreign state actors’, most likely serving Moscow, accessed his phone. Photograph: Ryan Jenkinson/Getty Images

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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