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| Parliament hit by cyber attack as hackers attempt to access MPs' email accounts | |
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| Hackers have targeted Parliament’s email system in an attempt to access the accounts of hundreds of MPs, Lords, aides and staff. | |
| Security services to shut down access for anyone not in Westminster as part of efforts to secure the network. | |
| “The Houses of Parliament have discovered unauthorised attempts to access parliamentary user accounts,” a parliamentary spokesperson told The Independent. | |
| “We are continuing to investigate this incident and take further measures to secure the computer network, liaising with the National Cyber Security Centre. | |
| “We have systems in place to protect member and staff accounts and are taking the necessary steps to protect our systems.” | |
| Members of the House of Commons and Lords were told of the cyber attack on Friday night and said they were unable to access their emails the following morning. | |
| It came days after reports that Russian hackers had put passwords belonging to senior ministers, ambassadors and senior police officers up for sale online. | |
| Two lists of stolen data included the log-in details of 1,000 British MPs and parliamentary staff, 7,000 police employees and more than 1,000 Foreign Office officials, The Times reported. | |
| The information was believed to have been stolen from LinkedIn, MySpace and other smaller sites. | |