The attack seems to have happened in October

Trade minister Sir Chris Bryant says information was accessed and an investigation has been launched.

British trade minister Chris Bryant said he was unable to confirm if the hack was linked to the Chinese state. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

LONDON, Dec ‌19 : British trade minister Chris Bryant said the government had been hacked in October, partly confirming a report in the Sun newspaper, which said a Chinese group had breached systems to access foreign office data. "There ‌certainly has been a hack," Bryant ‌told Times Radio on Friday.

The UK government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office FCDO was hacked in October 2025 and the official data was stolen in a recent hacking attack.The British trade minister Chris...