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Cyber house of cards – Politicians' personal details exposed online

We searched the dark web for politicians’ official email addresses, and roughly 40% of them appeared, along with other sensitive information. This is a scandal waiting to happen.

The email addresses and other sensitive information of 918 British MPs, members of the European Parliament, and French deputies and senators have been leaked to dark web marketplaces where data is illegally bought and sold. According to our findings, British MPs are fortunate not to have suffered a major scandal involving account takeovers, as 68% of searched email addresses were found on the dark web, including senior figures both in the government and the opposition. Even if a hostile takeover of one of these accounts won’t grant an attacker (or foreign government) access to state secrets, it could reveal that politician’s private communications or other sensitive data.

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