Boris Johnson: Russia has ability to disrupt UK politics with hacking

Foreign secretary accuses Russia of 'dirty tricks' as GCHQ is reported to have written to parties with advice on cyber-attacks

The foreign secretary has said there is "plenty of evidence" that Russia has the ability to disrupt British politics with cyber-attacks following reports that intelligence officials are to brief political parties on how to defend against hacking from Moscow.

Boris Johnson, due to meet his Russian counterpart in the coming weeks, said there was no doubt Moscow had been up to "all sorts of dirty tricks" in relation to political interference.