UK Parliament Cuts Email Access After Cyberattack

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Britain’s parliament shut down external access to e-mail accounts on Saturday following a cyberattack.

Parliamentary authorities described the attack as “sustained and determined”, in an email sent to lawmakers and published by the Daily Telegraph.

“Earlier this morning we discovered unusual activity and evidence of an attempted cyberattack on our computer network,” it read.

“Closer investigation by our team confirmed that hackers were carrying out a sustained and determined attack on all parliamentary user accounts.

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