UK Lawmakers Warned of “Persistent” Hacking Threat

guest · Mar 2, 2020

UK Lawmakers Warned of “Persistent” Hacking Threat
March 2, 2020
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/uk-lawmakers-warned-of-persistent/

The UK parliament has invoked the spirit of Guy Fawkes in a bid to improve cybersecurity awareness among lawmakers.

“These days, every day is November 5. Cyber-criminals are a persistent and increasing threat to our parliament and those that work in it — we are under cyber-attack every minute of every day,” it claimed.
“Anyone that works on parliament’s network is [a] potential target for cyber-attacks. To protect parliament and yourself from these attacks, everyone must play their part.”

While attacks happen every day, few are reported to succeed. Most notable in recent years was a brute-force attack in 2017 that managed to compromise around 1% of around 9000 parliamentary email accounts. It was subsequently blamed on state-sponsored attackers from Iran.
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UK Parliament faces cyber attacks ‘every minute of every day’

On its cyber awareness page, Parliament warns that a successful cyber attack “could completely devastate your work and home life” by holding all the information on your computer to ransom or stealing it to sell on the dark web.
“Having good cyber security may not stop people trying to attack you, but it can minimise the risk of being attacked successfully” it concludes.
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