Report: Boris Johnson’s phone number was online for 15 years

Johnson’s cellphone number was apparently openly available on the Internet for 15 years. — AP

LONDON: The British government downplayed allegations on April 30 of a security risk after it was reported that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s cellphone number was openly available on the Internet for 15 years.

A celebrity website revealed that the number was on a think tank press release from 2006, when Johnson was an opposition lawmaker and the Conservative Party’s higher education spokesman.