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Fewer than 90 accounts hit by UK parliament cyberattack

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A “sustained and determined” cyberattack on Britain’s parliament compromised fewer than 90 email accounts, a parliamentary spokesman said Sunday. The National Crime Agency said it was investigating “a possible cyber incident affecting parliament,” which raised fears of blackmail threats against some of the 9,000 parliamentary email account holders. “Investigations are ongoing, but it has become clear that significantly fewer than one percent of the 9,000 accounts on the parliamentary network […]