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| Russian hackers are selling British officials' passwords |
| 2017-06-24 |
| h/t Instapundit Thousands of passwords belonging to British officials are being traded among Russian hackers, according to a report. As part of an investigation by The Times, the London-based publication found passwords that belonged to 1,000 British members of Parliament and staff, 7,000 police employees and more than 1,000 diplomats. The country's education secretary, Justine Greening, and business secretary, Greg Clark, were also swept up in the breach. Their passwords were being sold in bulk on the internet underground known as the dark web and on Russian-language hacking websites, according to the report. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #1 It gets more interesting. From the Independent: Hackers have targeted Parliament's email system in an attempt to access the accounts of hundreds of MPs, Lords, aides and staff. Security services are to shut down access for anyone not in Westminster as part of efforts to secure the network. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-06-24 17:05 |