Article 6KTFA At least a dozen Westminster insiders targeted in WhatsApp phishing attack

At least a dozen Westminster insiders targeted in WhatsApp phishing attack

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Eleni Courea Political correspondent
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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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