Russian hackers have breached the private email of a British Member of Parliament, according to a statement from the MP himself.
The victim, Stewart McDonald, claims no sensitive information was stolen.
- McDonald stated that his work email account has continuously been a target of Russian hacking campaigns, something that all MPs have experienced.
- The SNP member stated that during a recent spear phishing campaign, Russian hackers managed to breach his private email account as well as the email account of a staff member of his.
- Hackers sent McDonald a false password-protected file that supposedly contained information on the war in Ukraine.
- Once the MP clicked the file, it asked for his login credentials, which he gave.
- After he wrote his login details, the page remained blank.
- McDonald first blamed the blank page issue on technical problems and was only made aware of the breach when he told his staff about the event.
- The MP has reassured the public that no work-related information is held in his private email and that U.K. authorities have confirmed that his new personal email is safe to use.
