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David Cameron talks to prank caller pretending to be intelligence chief



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LONDON — Security is being reviewed Monday after a hoax caller managed to get through to the British prime minister's phone claiming he was the head of intelligence agency GCHQ.



David Cameron is said to have swiftly realised the call on Sunday was a hoax and ended it. The hoax caller also got the mobile phone number of GCHQ chief Robert Hannigan's number


"Following two hoax calls to Government departments today, a notice has gone out to all departments to be on the alert for such calls," a Government spokeswoman said.


"In the first instance, a call was made to GCHQ which resulted in the disclosure of a mobile phone number for the director. In the second instance, a hoax caller claiming to be the GCHQ director was connected to the Prime Minister Read more...


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