Posted 4/8/2024, 4:13:00 PM
UK MPs Targeted in Apparent Honeytrap Blackmail Attempt; Tory MP Admits Role in Sharing Colleagues' Contact Info
- Downing Street urged MPs to be cautious of unsolicited messages after over a dozen were targeted in an attempted "honeytrap"
- The messages claimed the sender had previously met the recipients and included explicit pictures in some cases
- Multiple Tory MPs and a journalist have come forward as targets, with police launching investigations
- Pressure builds on Conservatives to discipline MP William Wragg, who admitted passing colleagues' numbers to a man he met on Grindr
- Government currently standing by Wragg despite calls for action over the security compromise of fellow MPs