There is a
"realistic possibility" that Russia will try to interfere in
Britain's national election next month, according to Britain's Foreign
Secretary Boris Johnson.
In an
interview with The Telegraph newspaper published on Saturday, the Conservative
politician also said Russian President Vladimir Putin would "rejoice"
if Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party won the June 8 election.
Security
experts say dozens of countries have been affected by a cyberattack which locks
a computer users' files unless they pay a designated sum in the virtual
currency Bitcoin.
Referring to
Putin, Johnson said: "Clearly we think that is what he did in America,
it's blatantly obvious that's what he did in France (where incoming president
Emmanuel Macron's emails were hacked), in the western Balkans he is up to all
sorts of sordid enterprises, so we have to be vigilant."
He said
Putin wanted "to undermine faith in democracy altogether and to discredit
the whole democratic process".
On Friday,
Britain's health system was subjected to a major cyber attack.
Johnson also
said rather than Britain having to pay a divorce bill for leaving the European
Union, the EU could end up having to pay Britain because it had contributed to
so many EU assets.
"They
are going to try to bleed this country white with their bill," he said.
Earlier this month, the Financial Times reported the EU might seek an upfront
payment in 2019 of up to 100 billion euros ($A147 billion). That sum was
immediately rejected by British ministers.
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