The Houses of Parliament in Britain has shut down the external access of e-mail accounts after they discovered a cyberattack on Friday.
Spokeswoman of a House of Commons said that "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, liaising with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)."
“We have systems in place to protect member and staff accounts and are taking the necessary steps to protect our systems.”
Hackers tried to break into the servers used by the British Parliament, and gain access to the personal email accounts of the politicians and their staff. However, British security officials blocked the access to servers
Members of Parliament first learned about the cyber attack on Friday night. They were unable to login to their emails the following morning.
It is not clear who is behind the cyber attack as he U.K.'s National Cyber Security Centre, is still investigating the incident.
An email was sent to every MP using a parliamentary address said “unusual activity and evidence of an attempted cyber attack” had been discovered.
“Closer investigation by our team confirmed that hackers were carrying out a sustained and determined attack on all parliamentary user accounts in attempt to identify weak passwords."
“These attempts specifically were trying to gain access to users’ emails.”
Spokeswoman of a House of Commons said that "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, liaising with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)."
“We have systems in place to protect member and staff accounts and are taking the necessary steps to protect our systems.”
Hackers tried to break into the servers used by the British Parliament, and gain access to the personal email accounts of the politicians and their staff. However, British security officials blocked the access to servers
Members of Parliament first learned about the cyber attack on Friday night. They were unable to login to their emails the following morning.
It is not clear who is behind the cyber attack as he U.K.'s National Cyber Security Centre, is still investigating the incident.
An email was sent to every MP using a parliamentary address said “unusual activity and evidence of an attempted cyber attack” had been discovered.
“Closer investigation by our team confirmed that hackers were carrying out a sustained and determined attack on all parliamentary user accounts in attempt to identify weak passwords."
“These attempts specifically were trying to gain access to users’ emails.”