Since the scandal broke, “I’ve been hounded by journalists asking me about it. It’s not too difficult to work out, there are only a few Leicestershire MPs,” Evans added.
“I’m just pleased I blew the whistle, reported it to the authorities and it’s now being looked into,” he said.
POLITICO previously reported how a serving minister plus multiple MPs, party staffers and political journalists were among those who received unsolicited messages — sometimes called a “spear phishing attack”— from two suspicious mobile numbers sent by users calling themselves “Abi” or “Charlie.”
William Wragg, chairman of the Commons public administration committee, was the first to publicly confirm being a victim of the phishing scandal. He also admitted to having given phone numbers to the perpetrator after being threatened.
More than 10 men are known to have received messages, with at least five reporting them to the Parliamentary Security Department, but the true number targeted may never be known.
