UN to contact US over hacking reports

The United Nations is to contact the United States about reports that America’s National Security Agency hacked the world body’s internal communications.

The UN emphasised that international treaties protected its offices and all diplomatic missions from interference, spying and eavesdropping.

Its spokesman Farhan Haq said the UN would “reach out” to US officials about the reports of eavesdropping, as it has in the past when such allegations have been raised.