UK politics: ‘Not clear’ who was behind FCDO hack, says minister, amid reports of China link – as it happened

Chris Bryant confirms October cyber-attack as the Sun names Storm 1849, a Chinese hacker group, as being responsible The BBC’s editing guidelines do not need to be altered in the wake of controversy surrounding the edit of a Donald Trump speech, a review has found.The US president is seeking up to $10bn (£7.5bn) in damages in response to the BBC’s editing of a speech he made before the 2021 attack on the Capitol.I was asked to look at the editorial guidelines on use of editing. I do not believe any changes are required, but we will ensure these lessons are reinforced.More actions had been taken than acknowledged in Michael Prescott’s document and since this was made public we have also dealt with some remaining issues. Continue reading...