Sex message put on female MP’s voicemail greeting by hacker who disabled Commons telephone system

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2041560/Sex-message-female-MP-s-voicemail-greeting-hacker-disabled-Commons-telephone-system.html

By Simon Walters and Glen Owen
Mail Online
25th September 2011

Police are searching for a hacker who disabled the House of Commons 
telephone system, penetrated an MP’s voicemail and left a sexually 
offensive message as his calling card.

The incident prompted an urgent review of Westminster’s protection 
against ‘cyber terrorist’ attacks.

MPs arrived at their Commons offices this month to discover that the 
phone network had crashed overnight.

Claire Perry, Tory MP for Devizes, found that her voicemail had been 
changed to ask callers whether they had recently indulged in a sex act.

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