A total of 216 passwords were discovered.
A number of parliamentary email passwords have been exposed on the dark web.
A total of 216 passwords associated with MPs’ breached parliamentary email accounts have been exposed, a study by encrypted email service Proton found.
According to City AM, the highest number of passwords exposed for a single MP was 10, which the company said emphasised the severity of the issue and the potential for unauthorised access to highly sensitive accounts.
Proton said it has informed every affected MP that has had any sensitive data exposed online.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
