Private not state hackers likely to have targeted UK parliament: sources

FILE PHOTO - The Union Flag flies near the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, June 7, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo

LONDON: A cyberattack on e-mail accounts of British lawmakers last month is likely to have been by amateur or private hackers rather than state-sponsored, European government sources said. 

The private e-mail accounts of up to 90 of the 650 members of Britain's House of Commons were targeted in late June, with some news reports suggesting that the attack was carried out by a foreign government, such as Russia.