An anonymous reader quotes the Guardian:
Parliament has been hit by a “sustained and determined” cyber-attack by hackers attempting to gain access to MPs’ and their staffers’ email accounts. Both houses of parliament were targeted on Friday in an attack that sought to gain access to accounts protected by weak passwords… The estate’s digital services team said they had made changes to accounts to block out the hackers, and that the changes could mean staff were unable to access their emails…
The international trade secretary, Liam Fox, told ITV News the attack was a “warning to everyone we need more security and better passwords. You wouldn’t leave your door open at night.” In an interview with the BBC, he added: “We know that there are regular attacks by hackers attempting to get passwords. We have seen reports in the last few days of even Cabinet ministers’ passwords being for sale online. We know that our public services are attacked, so it is not at all surprising that there should be an attempt to hack into parliamentary emails.”
One member of Parliament posted on Twitter “Sorry, no parliamentary email access today รข” we’re under cyber-attack from Kim Jong-un, Putin or a kid in his mom’s basement or something.” He added later, “I’m off to the pub.”
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