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| Parliament hit by cyber-attack | Parliament hit by cyber-attack |
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| The UK Parliament has been hit by a cyber-security attack. | The UK Parliament has been hit by a cyber-security attack. |
| MPs were reportedly informed about the hack on Friday night and later told of difficulties in accessing their emails away from the Westminster estate. | |
| A Commons spokeswoman said the lack of email access was not a result of the cyber-attack itself but part of the steps being taken to manage the issue. | A Commons spokeswoman said the lack of email access was not a result of the cyber-attack itself but part of the steps being taken to manage the issue. |
| She said Parliamentary authorities were liaising with the National Cyber Security Centre. | She said Parliamentary authorities were liaising with the National Cyber Security Centre. |
| The spokeswoman said: "The Houses of Parliament have discovered unauthorised attempts to access parliamentary user accounts. | The spokeswoman said: "The Houses of Parliament have discovered unauthorised attempts to access parliamentary user accounts. |
| "We are continuing to investigate this incident and take further measures to secure the computer network.. | "We are continuing to investigate this incident and take further measures to secure the computer network.. |
| 'Disabled remote access' | 'Disabled remote access' |
| "We have systems in place to protect member and staff accounts and are taking the necessary steps to protect our systems." | "We have systems in place to protect member and staff accounts and are taking the necessary steps to protect our systems." |
| She added: "Parliament has disabled remote access to protect the network." | She added: "Parliament has disabled remote access to protect the network." |
| A number of MPs have confirmed to the BBC they are not able to access their parliamentary email accounts remotely. | A number of MPs have confirmed to the BBC they are not able to access their parliamentary email accounts remotely. |
| It comes just over a month after 48 of England's NHS trusts were hit by a cyber-attack. | It comes just over a month after 48 of England's NHS trusts were hit by a cyber-attack. |
| The latest attack was publicly revealed by Liberal Democrat peer Lord Rennard on Twitter who had also asked his followers to send any "urgent messages" to him by text. | |
| Henry Smith, Tory MP for Crawley, later tweeted: "Sorry no parliamentary email access today - we're under cyber attack from Kim Jong Un, (Vladimir) Putin or a kid in his mom's basement or something..." | Henry Smith, Tory MP for Crawley, later tweeted: "Sorry no parliamentary email access today - we're under cyber attack from Kim Jong Un, (Vladimir) Putin or a kid in his mom's basement or something..." |
| The government's National Security Strategy said in 2015 that the threat from cyber-attacks from both organised crime and foreign intelligence agencies was one of the "most significant risks to UK interests". | The government's National Security Strategy said in 2015 that the threat from cyber-attacks from both organised crime and foreign intelligence agencies was one of the "most significant risks to UK interests". |
| The National Cyber Security Centre, which is part of intelligence agency GCHQ, started its operations in October last year. | The National Cyber Security Centre, which is part of intelligence agency GCHQ, started its operations in October last year. |
| The National Crime Agency said it was working with the NCSC but the centre was "leading the operational response". | The National Crime Agency said it was working with the NCSC but the centre was "leading the operational response". |