DHAKA: The US spy agency bugged the phone of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff along with her top political and financial officials, according to new information released by WikiLeaks.

The whistle-blowing website published on Saturday a National Security Agency (NSA) list of 29 Brazilian government phone numbers that the controversial American spy agency monitored.

‘The publication proves that not only President Dilma Rousseff was targeted but also her assistant, her secretary, her chief of staff, her palace office and even the phone in her presidential jet,’ WikiLeaks said in a statement, Al Jazeera publishes this report on Sunday.

‘Even on her official travels, President Rousseff is not safe from interception,’ the group added.

Publication of the list sheds new light on the spying scandal that first erupted in 2013 and damaged relations between the US and Brazil, prompting Rousseff to cancel a state visit to Washington in an embarrassment for US President Barack Obama.

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