Up to 90 email accounts on “parliament.uk” domain used by members of House of Commons, peers in House of Lords, as well as parliamentary staff and civil servants, appear to have been breached. A statement issued by Parliament says all of the breached accounts were “compromised as a result of the use of weak passwords that did not conform to guidance issued by the Parliamentary Digital Service” The term cyberattack is open to interpretation, but AP Stylebook argued in March that use of the term should be limited.”]

