Second UK Tory lawmaker says he was targeted in honey trap sexting scandal – POLITICO

For the reason that scandal broke, “I’ve been hounded by journalists asking me about it. It’s not too tough to work out, there are just a few Leicestershire MPs,” Evans added.

“I’m simply happy I blew the whistle, reported it to the authorities and it’s now being regarded into,” he stated.

POLITICO beforehand reported how a serving minister plus a number of MPs, occasion staffers and political journalists had been amongst those that acquired unsolicited messages — typically known as a “spear phishing assault”— from two suspicious cellular numbers despatched by customers calling themselves “Abi” or “Charlie.”

William Wragg, chairman of the Commons public administration committee, was the primary to publicly affirm being a sufferer of the phishing scandal. He additionally admitted to having given cellphone numbers to the perpetrator after being threatened.

Greater than 10 males are identified to have acquired messages, with at the least 5 reporting them to the Parliamentary Safety Division, however the true quantity focused might by no means be identified.