Farage under mounting pressure to prove Russian hack claim

Reform UK leader claims counter-espionage experts' suggest state-sponsored hackers are behind the disclosure of 5m gift

Nigel Farage is under mounting pressure to provide evidence for his claim that a state-sponsored Russian hack was behind the disclosure of the 5m gift he received from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne.

Reform UK claimed over the weekend that analysis of Farage's phone by counter-espionage experts" suggested that Farage's phone, email and bank accounts were compromised by hostile actors, almost certainly linked to Moscow, using spear phishing tactics", before the Guardian revealed details of his undeclared gift last month.