China targets group of MPs and peers with string of cyber-attacks

One of those targeted was Iain Duncan Smith, who is a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (Ipac), which monitors and scrutinises Beijing. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

China has targeted a group of MPs and peers at Westminster in a string of cyber-attacks, it has been reported.

On Monday, the deputy prime minister, Oliver Dowden, is expected to inform parliament of the attacks.