Derek Bradley , head of Panacea , an online community of 17,000 financial services professionals , has warned that phishing emails have been sent out Attack.Phishing that are purporting to be Attack.Phishing from him . Mr Bradley originally became a victim of a cyber attack Attack.Databreach back in September when his emails were compromised Attack.Databreach . He warned that all emails received from Attack.Phishing him to undisclosed recipients over the past seven months were not sent Attack.Phishing from his system . In a message sent out yesterday ( 22 March ) , he said : “ We are in the process of trying to work out the best course of action to ensure this stops happening , but it is difficult as I have no control over what is being sent and by whom . “ I do apologise again for any inconvenience caused to you . We will hopefully find a resolution to this issue as soon as possible ” . Mr Bradley also warned that the hackers are continuing to try and get access to other contact lists , and told advisers to ignore emails to undisclosed recipients . The government is facing calls to create a single point of responsibility to deal with cyber risk in the financial services sector amid concerns over accountability . Today ( 23 March ) Andrew Tyrie , chairman of the Treasury select committee , wrote to chancellor Philip Hammond claiming a lack of coordination in the current cyber security system could leave the banking industry ’ s IT systems vulnerable to attack . My Tyrie said the present arrangement , in which both a director-level group and a governance framework can serve as a single point to address cyber issues , resembles the `` catastrophically inadequate '' tripartite authorities that were set up to monitor system risk in banking in 1997 .