The cabinet minister, himself a former soldier, went public about the attempted sting because of fears Moscow may try to distort any footage or audio ...
"When the call started to ask more pointed questions about our intentions militarily in the region. Mr Heappey added: "He spent a long time as our nation's security minister before he was promoted to be the secretary of state. Mr Heappey said: "I think that the secretary of state has asked some pretty tough questions of the department as to how that was able to happen.
Ministers believe Russia was behind hoax calls to Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Home Secretary Priti Patel.
However long it went on, the content would have been appropriate to a Teams call.” “Priti, like Ben, day in day out is dealing with matters of national security. A Government minister has expressed confidence that Britain’s national security was not compromised by a hoax caller who managed to get through to two of the most senior members of the Cabinet.
Armed Forces minister James Heappey said Mr Wallace “can issue a good b******ing” following the apparent breach of security the government has blamed on Russia.
Every single person in the military chain of command cannot just hide behind the line they are only following orders.” It is not for the West to trade away Ukrainian sovereignty.” He was, I think, embarrassed that it had happened, and he’s asked some pretty tough questions of the department about how it happened.” “Ben is a guy that understands threat very well. “This also happened to me earlier this week. Mr Heappey added: “When the caller started to asked pointed questions about our intentions militarily in the region … he became suspicious and terminated the call.”
Prank calls are nothing new, but when they manage to make it through to some of the most influential offices in the country, it can be a little alarming.
Welcome to the deepfake era …" he wrote. Ben Wallace was the latest victim this week Among the politicians targeted was the chair of the UK foreign affairs select committee, Tom Tugendhat. Ben Wallace is the latest MP to be targeted by pranksters allegedly from Russia The ‘pranksters’ were pretending to be the newly elected Nikol Pashinyan. The audio clip of the conversation was posted online by infamous Russian pranksters Lexus and Vovan.
James Heappey has told LBC the Defence Secretary Ben Wallace can "dish out a good bollocking" after he was targeted by a "dirty" imposter pretending to be ...
Mr Wallace ended the call after he was asked "several misleading questions" and became suspicious they were not Denys Shmyhal. "He, I think, was embarrassed that it had happened, and he has asked some pretty tough questions to the department about how it happened," Mr Heappey explained. James Heappey has told LBC the Defence Secretary Ben Wallace can "dish out a good bollocking" after he was targeted by a "dirty" imposter pretending to be the Prime Minister of Ukraine.
Defence secretary Ben Wallace has ordered an inquiry after revealing that a suspected Russian agent posing as the prime minister of Ukraine had been able to ...
“This also happened to me earlier this week,” she wrote on Twitter. “Pathetic attempt at such difficult times to divide us. Writing on Twitter, Wallace described the hoax as “an attempt” by an imposter to speak with him. And so knowing that it was on a Teams call, they were exchanging platitudes that you do in those situations.” “Ben Wallace is a guy that understands threat very well indeed,” Heappey said. Wallace told the Daily Telegraph that he was in Poland when he took the call from the person posing as Shmyhal yesterday, and that the caller had looked and sounded like the Ukrainian PM – whom the defence secretary said he had never met in person. He’s very cross,” Heappey told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
James Heappey said the Cabinet minister could dish out a 'good b*llocking' after being left 'cross and embarrassed' by a fake politician who managed to get ...
The defence secretary "understands threat very well" and would never disclose sensitive information on an insecure line after being targeted by a suspected ...
"When the call started to ask more pointed questions about our intentions militarily in the region. Mr Heappey added: "He spent a long time as our nation's security minister before he was promoted to be the secretary of state. Mr Heappey said: "I think that the secretary of state has asked some pretty tough questions of the department as to how that was able to happen.