U.K. Secretary for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband recently found that his Twitter account had been hacked and was sending out tweets promoting sexual enhancement pills.

"Sophos says that Miliband appears to have been duped into revealing his login and account details by a series of attacks identified earlier this week," writes InformationWeek's Thomas Claburn.

"Other victims in the U.K. reportedly include Labour party deputy leader Harriet Harman and journalists from the BBC and The Guardian," Claburn writes.

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