Cybersecurity

Parliament hit by cyber-attack

he 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 for MPs, peers and their staff was due to 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.