Parliament hit by cyber-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 parliamentary spokeswoman said the lack of email access was not a result of the cyber-attack but part of the steps being taken to manage the issue.

She said they were investigating the incident and liaising with the National Cyber Security Centre.

The spokeswoman said "unauthorised attempts to access accounts of parliamentary networks users" were discovered.

She added: "Parliament has robust measures in place to protect all of our accounts and systems, and we are taking the necessary steps to protect and secure our network.

"As a precaution we have temporarily restricted remote access to the network."

More at link.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40394074

Hope the hackers release all those MPs' emails to their bits on the site, on expenses.

Another one:

http://news.sky.com/story/live-chernobyl-affected-in-ransomware-attack-10929065

LIVE: Chernobyl affected in ransomware attack
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre is "trying to get an understanding of a fast-moving situation".

A "powerful" cyberattack that started in Ukraine hit banks and IT systems around the world
Chernobyl has been affected
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre is investigating
Russian, US and German companies were also among those hit
British advertising group WPP said its computer networks in several locations had been targeted





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