Several high-profile figures in parliament were targeted (Picture: Getty Images)
A police investigation has been launched into the Westminster honeytrap scandal, which involved several top figures being sent nudes and flirty messages.
Last week, it was revealed that MPs, staffers and journalists who work in and around parliament had been targeted in an apparent ‘spear phishing’ scheme.
Each received texts from unknown numbers posing as people named ‘Abi’, ‘Charlie’ or ‘Charlotte’, which would escalate to salacious flirting.
Several were even sent explicit pictures, and asked for some in return.
According to The Times, the government does not believe a hostile state is behind the attack – despite Tory chair of the foreign affairs committee Alicia Kearns suggesting otherwise last week.
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