Foreign Minister Julie Bishops phone was hacked during talks she led overseas for access to the MH17 crash site in the Ukraine. Australian intelligence agencies replaced her phone after detecting a problem with it. The paper opted not to disclose what the problem it learned of was. Prime Minister Tony Abbott told media that discussions with himself and Australian officials during the period were done over secure lines and not the compromised phone. Flight MH17 was brought down in July, killing 298 people, among them 38 Australians.”]