Kemi Badenoch’s campaign website has been blocked by the UK’s cyber police because it may be “associated with malicious activity.”
The Tories set up a website complaining about the Labour government’s plan to close inheritance tax loopholes.
But the website has been blocked on Government computers, replaced by a message from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).
The Message reads: “This site may be associated with malicious activity or malware.
“Access to this site has been blocked by the Protective DNS Service.”
The NCSC is a part of GCHQ, one of the UK’s intelligence agencies.
Ms Badenoch has previously admitted to hacking a political opponent’s website.
In 2008, she said, she had accessed the website of Labour’s Harriet Harman and changed it to say “nice things about the Tories.”
Ms Badenoch said it was the “naughtiest thing” she’d ever done.
Asked about it in 2018, she said it was “a foolish prank over a decade ago, for which I apologise.”
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