Recent reports have unveiled a series of cyber attacks targeting UK parliament members, officials, and journalists. The attacks, identified as 'phishing' and 'spear phishing', involved sending highly personalized messages accompanied by explicit images from domains such as APT31's 'pixel reconnaissance' domain (nrponews). These attempts aimed to compromise the recipients, with attackers often claiming to have met their targets at an SW1 drinks event. Investigations found emails in the inboxes of dozens of global lawmakers, but notably, the European Parliament demonstrated robust cyber security measures, as no Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were affected. The incidents have raised significant security concerns within Westminster, with at least six top MPs, officials, and journalists targeted.
'Spear phishing' security alert at Westminster after senior Labour MP, Parliament staff and journalist targeted with 'alluring' messages and X-rated photos https://t.co/uVaMRhkBNB https://t.co/HbuWfbUkmn
Extraordinary story by @AgnesChambre and @danbloom1 MPs, officials and journalists have been targeted in phishing attacks with flirtatious messages and explicit pictures The user(s) behind the attacks claimed to have met targets at an SW1 drinks event https://t.co/3VMnlTV6WD
STORY: Politicians, officials and journalists working in parliament are being targeted with personalized messages and explicit images in what experts believe is a clear attempt to compromise them. Have you received these? Get in touch confidentially… https://t.co/TibS8guYkN
NEW from Politico: Naked photos sent in WhatsApp ‘phishing’ attacks on UK MPs and staff. Top hacks @AgnesChambre & @danbloom1 find at least six top MPs / officials / journos inside the UK Parliament targeted with highly personalised msgs 👇 Story here https://t.co/6FzAiRRZr7
What does a 🇨🇳 cyber attack email look like? This, basically. We found emails from APT31 “pixel reconnaissance” domain (nrponews) in the inboxes of dozens of global lawmakers. Gold star to 🇪🇺 Parliament for cyber security - we didn’t find a single MEP affected. Thread 🧵 https://t.co/Iu4angfmt0