“Some of these ‘visits’ are no doubt the product of pop-ups beyond anybody’s control, but the number is absolutely staggering.” said Jonathan Isaby, Chief Executive of the Taxpayers’ Alliance. “One would hope that those attempting to access these sites at Parliament could keep their extra-curricular activities safely within their own four walls, as it’s not an appropriate use of time when it’s on the taxpayers’ tab.” 

In response to the disclosure of the data, a House of Commons spokeswoman declared: “We do not consider the data to provide an accurate representation of the number of purposeful requests made by network users due to the variety of ways in which websites can be designed to act, react and interact and due to the potential operation of third party software.”

It is curious that the same Britain Parliament is very active in the censure of hardcore porn online and in the deep web, recognizing in the adult content a threat to children.

 “For a lot of children, watching hardcore pornography is in danger of becoming a rite of passage” said in 2013 David Cameron. “I will do whatever it takes to keep our children safe.”

From a cyber security perspective, this means that a threat actor that wants to compromise British parliament computers have a good chance of success by compromising porn sites accessed by the politicians, for example by running watering hole attacks.

Pierluigi Paganini

(Security Affairs – porn sites, British Parliament)