Scottish parliament hit by cyber-attack similar to Westminster assault

MSPs and Holyrood staff warned hackers trying to access numerous email accounts in ongoing 'brute force cyber-attack'

Hackers have mounted a "brute force" cyber-attack on the Scottish parliament's computer systems, weeks after a similar attack on email accounts at Westminster.

MSPs and Holyrood staff were warned on Tuesday that hackers were attempting to access numerous email accounts by systematically and repeatedly trying to crack their passwords.