The accused provided a home address and phone number to two people he considered agents of special Russian services.
The UK court found a man who provided exploration of the Russian Federation for the exploration of the Russian Federation about the ex-minister of defense grant shapps. It reports about it Reuters.
According to prosecutors, 65-year-old Howard Phillips suggested a home address and a telephone chapping number to two people who were considered by Russian special service agents, but in fact it was British agents under the cover.
Phillips denied accusations of actions aimed at providing significant assistance to the Foreign Intelligence Service, which up to 14 years in prison.
He said in the Royal Winchester Court he tried to “take it to clean the water and expose a foreign agent.” However, on Tuesday, the jury found him guilty under the national security law. The verdict will be passed later.
The prosecutor said Phillips suggested the help of Russia’s alleged intelligence as “unnecessary for those who consider ideological or compassion in Russia,” but he is looking for “easy and possible interesting or eager work for easy money.”
In March 2024, the people under the cover turned to Phillips, who pretended to be as Russian agents named Sasha and Dima. They asked him to save the file in a clean USB carrier, and then hide it inside the parked bicycle on one of the streets of London.
In May 2024, Phillips met with Dima and said he knew the address of the Shapps house, his phone number, as well as the area of storing his private aircraft, because he was home.
Phillips also offered logistics support. In particular, the hotel booked and bought a mobile phone for no foreign intelligence.
Earlier, employees of the British Ministry of Defense stopped to test the cyberspions associated with Russia. Hackers pretended to be journalists and sent letters with malicious software, trying to penetrate government systems.
Great Britain has announced a large -scale cyberspion operation of Russia
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