Boris Johnson’s cell phone number has been on the internet for 15 years: Experts warn of serious UK security implications

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s cell phone number has been circulating on the internet for 15 years, as several local media reported on Friday.

Apparently, the Tory leader’s direct contact was listed at the bottom of a press release from Johnson’s time as Secretary of State for Higher Education, 2006. The document was still available online in 2021.

Earlier this month, UK government officials they urged the general manager to change his phone number concerned about the number of people who contacted him directly.

The official Downing Street residence has not commented on this to date.

In the aforementioned statement, encouraged reporters to contact Johnson directly either through the House of Commons office or by calling your cell phone.

Specifically, the use of the Prime Minister’s phone has also been in the media recently after learning that he was guarding SMS exchanges with businessman James Dyson and Saudi prince Mohammed Bin Salman, which were leaked to the press.

The British newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported in early April that Simon case, the UK’s chief official, suggested Johnson change his number because the current one was too well known.

Labor MP Rachel Hopkins underlined this Friday the BBC that the availability of this contact has security implications, while the former national security adviser Lord Ricketts alerted that Hostile states with “sophisticated cyber capabilities” or criminal gangs could access this number.

(With information from EFE)

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