At least a dozen Westminster insiders targeted in Whatsapp phishing attack

Politicians, including a minister, advisers and journalists received potentially compromising messages over six-month period

More than a dozen politicians, advisers and journalists have been targeted in a phishing attack, in what cybersecurity experts believe is an attempt to compromise them.

Twelve men working in Westminster, including a serving government minister, told Politico they had received unsolicited WhatsApp messages from two suspicious mobile numbers in the past six months.

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