UK: Parliamentary staff warned of dangers after suspected sexting honeytrap attacks


Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Commons Speaker, has held talks with parliamentary staff following suspected sexting honeytrap attacks targeting MPs, staffers and political journalists.

At least 12 men working in and around Parliament, including a serving minister and other MPs, have been targeted on WhatsApp in a suspected spear phishing attack. Attackers contacted their victims under the aliases “Abi” or “Charlie”, pretending to have met them before, and in several cases went on to send explicit photographs in an attempt to lure them in.

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Source: MSN News