Members of Parliament in Britain have had their remote email access suspended after a large number of accounts were compromised. Only email addresses hosted on the “parliament.uk” domain were affected, which means that the attack did not affect ministers – all of whom are MPs – are instructed to use the domain for confidential communications. Officials blame the compromised accounts on users who made poor password choices (see Why Are We *Still* So Stupid About Passwords?). Fewer than 1 percent of 9,000 accounts on the parliamentary network have been compromised, officials say.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/british-parliament-targeted-by-brute-force-email-hackers-a-10049