Friday, 16 December 2016

Ben Bradshaw said it was possible that Russia hacked the EU referendum in favour of Leave campaigners

Putin accused of hacking EU referendum

Wonders shall never end, as Russia is being accused again by the United Kingdom for hacking the June 23 EU referendum in favour of Brexiters, after the United States levelled similar accusation against Russia for hacking in favour of Donald Trump against Hilary Clinton, who was preferred government candidate.

According to Ben Bradshaw, the validity of the referendum result is questionable because the British people overlooked the degree of cyber warfare by Vladmir Putin.

However, Bradshaw’s claim was immediately debunked by the Prime Minister’s spokesman who said: "I have not come across any evidence that Russian cyber warfare was used to influence the referendum."

Mr Bradshaw, who was fired as a "Remoaner" by Leave campaigners, told MPs: "I don't think we have even begun to wake up to what Russia is doing when it comes to cyber warfare.

"Not only their interference, now proven, in the American presidential campaign, probably in our own referendum last year."

He included that: "We don't have the evidence for that yet, but I think it's highly probable.

"Certainly in the French presidential election, they will be involved, and there are already serious concerns in the German secret service that Russia is already interfering in the elections coming up.

"We've got to wake up to this."

Recall that earlier this week, Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon said there was "a disturbing pattern" of allegations against Russia around cyber warfare.

He pointed to examples in Bulgaria, the referendum in the Netherlands and its continuing pressure on the Baltic states.


Nonetheless Mrs May's spokesman stated on Mr Bradshaw's claim: "The referendum was run in this country, it was a very clear vote and we are now getting on with delivering on the will of the people to take Britain out of the European Union."

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