Cyber-Espionage Alarm: Chinese Gang Raids UK Foreign Office, Ministers Scramble to Contain Fallout

The UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office confirmed a cyber-attack occurred in October. While a minister confirmed the hack, he downplayed reports of a Chinese group's involvement and widespread visa data theft, assuring a low risk to individuals as the government investigates.
Pelumi Ilesanmi
Pelumi Ilesanmi • Global • 6 months ago • 1 minute read •
Cyber-Espionage Alarm: Chinese Gang Raids UK Foreign Office, Ministers Scramble to Contain Fallout

The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) was subjected to a cyber-attack in October, a fact confirmed by minister Chris Bryant. Bryant, serving as both a trade minister in Keir Starmer’s government and a business minister, addressed the breach publicly, noting that government servers had been compromised. Details of the incident were brought to light by a report in The Sun, which implicated a Chinese hacker group known as Storm 1849 as the perpetrators and suggested that potentially tens of thousands of visa details could have been affected.

However, Chris Bryant cautioned against speculation regarding the identity of the attackers, stating that it was

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