Russian actors are suspected of hacking former Cabinet Minister Liam Fox's email account to steal top-secret documents on the UK-US trade talks.
The classified papers were leaked on social media site Reddit during last year's election campaign and highlighted by the-then Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as proof that the Government was discussing access to the NHS in US trade talks.
It has now been claimed that the documents were stolen from Dr Fox's email account, which was reportedly accessed multiple times between July and October.
It is unclear whether this occurred when Dr Fox was International Trade Secretary - as he was sacked by Boris Johnson on July 24 during a cabinet reshuffle.
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