Security News > 2017 > June > UK Parliament Hit by Cyberattack, Up to 90 MPs' E-mail Accounts Hacked (The Hackers News)

2017-06-26 04:15
A cyber attack has hit the email system of UK Houses of Parliament on Friday morning that breached at least 90 emails accounts protected by weak passwords belonging to MPs, lawmakers, and other parliamentary staff. Meanwhile, as a precaution, the Security service has temporarily shut down the remote access (outside the Westminster) to its network to protect email accounts. <!-- adsense -->
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