Concerns About Foreign State Spying on UK’s Gov’t Emerge After Video of Matt Hancock Kissing Aide

An urgent investigation has been launched into the incident concerning who was behind it and how they leaked the video, given the fact that it was taken from inside a Cabinet minister’s office. Experts suppose the criminals used a spy camera placed in a smoke detector, issuing warnings that next time, “it might be a bomb”.

While media and netizens are enthusiastically exploring details of Matt Hancock’s private life following the recent scandalous footage, the British authorities are seriously concerned about who exactly caught his secret affair on camera.

Matt Hancock himself “had no idea” that he was being watched, The Telegraph reported, and the footage sparked a lot of buzz on social media. The investigators, however, seem to be worrying more about an alleged hidden agenda behind the incident than about Hancock having an extramarital affair with a close aide.

Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock is seen outside the BBC Headquarters in London, Britain, June 6, 2021.

Dr. Alan Mendoza, the executive director of a national security think tank, cited by the Daily Mail, said that “given the seriousness, all other ministerial offices will now need immediately sweeping to see what other listening and recording devices are snooping on ministers”.

In a series of tweets, David Videcette, a lead detective on the 7/7 London bombings investigation, who posted his own investigation with photos from an office located on the same floor as Hancock’s office at the Department of Health building, has voiced serious concerns regarding the politician’s security.

“If someone can place a covert camera in a government minister’s office so easily, it’s a huge security problem, and next time it might be a bomb”, Videcette assumed.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) CCTV cameras are produced by Chinese company Hikvision.

The scandalous footage was filmed on a phone as it was being played on a CCTV monitor, which makes it even more difficult to identify the breachers.

Sourse: sputniknews.com