According to an unpublished assessment by British intelligence, Iran blamed for the cyber attack, which took place in June in the United Kingdom Parliament that hit the e-mail accounts of dozens of MPs.
According to an unpublished assessment by British intelligence, Iran blamed for cyberattack, which took place in June in the United Kingdom Parliament that hit the e-mail accounts of dozens of MPs. The target included Prime Minister Theresa May and other senior ministers. The brute force cyberattack lasted for more than 12 hours and compromised about 90 email accounts of out of the 9,000 e-mail addresses belonged to the parliament users. The hackers targeted the accounts with weak passwords that did not follow the guidance issued by the Parliamentary digital service. Every MP uses the affected network for interactions with constituents. The Guardian reported in June that it got information from a security source that it was a brute-force attack and appears to have been state-sponsored. It also stated that the nature of cyber-attacks means it is notoriously difficult to attribute an incident to a specific actor. Earlier, Russia or North Korea suspected to be behind this attack which compromised about 90 email accounts of UK parliament.But after in-depth assessments, investigators said the evidence now pointed to Iran according to the report revealed by the Times. The cyber attack thought to be Tehran's first significant one against the UK. A spokesperson for National Cyber Security Centre said it is not appropriate to comment further when inquiries are ongoing. The news comes as US president wanted to abandon the Iran nuclear deal because it failed to achieve its objectives while the European leaders want to maintain the agreement. Trump accused Tehran of breaking the spirit of the landmark 2015 agreement and believes the global community is being naive in its dealings with the regime. US president blamed Iran for sponsoring terrorism and "not living up to the spirit" of the nuclear agreement.
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