At least a dozen Westminster insiders targeted in WhatsApp phishing attack
by Eleni Courea Political correspondent from Technology | The Guardian on (#6KTFA)
A minister, political advisers and journalists were among those who received potentially compromising messages over six-month period
More than a dozen politicians, advisers and journalists have been targeted in a phishing attack, in what cybersecurity experts believe is an attempt to compromise them.
Twelve men working in Westminster, including a serving government minister, told Politico they had received unsolicited WhatsApp messages from two suspicious mobile numbers in the past six months.
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