perking that is shocking. I haven't been following British politics nearly as closely as I should but aren't some branch of the government (home office maybe?) currently in breach of some order? I'm afraid I don't even have enough information to find it on google so it's a bit useless
Whilst I was trying to google it though, I found this and was pretty 
Again, I remembered that it had happened but didn't remember all the details. It was two and a half months ago! This is probably a reflection of my terrible memory 
www.silicon.co.uk/security/uk-parliament-cyber-attack-215691
UK Parliament Hit By Cyber Attack Targeting Email Accounts
The British Parliament has been hit by a cyber attack which has reportedly been targeting MP’s email accounts and causing havoc with government communications.
[...]Unusual activity was first discovered on Friday and continued into the weekend, with the incident coming hot on the heels of reports that Russian hackers had stolen and were trading passwords and email addresses of thousands of government officials.
Government targets
In an email on Friday, which was seen by The Telegraph, authorities confirmed to MPs that “hackers were carrying out a sustained and determined attack on all parliamentary user accounts in an attempt to identify weak passwords. These attempts specifically were trying to gain access to users emails.”
It is not yet clear how successful the attack has been in terms of whether the hackers were able to access any sensitive or confidential information, but the concern is that Members of Parliament could be left open to extortion.