The British Parliament has been hit by a “sustained and determined” cyberattack, according to reports by The Telegraph, which has left Members of Parliament unable to remotely access their e-mail.
Authorities at the Parliament discovered unusual activities on the computer networks in the early hours of today, and immediately moved to protect them. It appeared to include preventing access outside of the Palace of Westminster.
In an e-mail to the lawmakers, parliamentary authorities say that they have “confirmed that hackers were carrying out a sustained and determined attack on all parliamentary user accounts in an attempt to identify weak passwords”.
Earlier this week, account information for “tens of thousands of government officials,” were discovered online on Russian hacking sites, according to an investigation from The Times.
A commons spokesperson of the says the investigation is ongoing, and that they will continue to “further measures to secure the computer network, liaising with the National Cyber Security Centre.”