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| General election 2019: 'Cyber-attack' on Labour Party digital platforms | |
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| The Labour Party says there has been a "sophisticated and large-scale cyber-attack" on its digital platforms. | The Labour Party says there has been a "sophisticated and large-scale cyber-attack" on its digital platforms. |
| A Labour spokeswoman said the attack had "failed" because of the party's "robust security systems" and they were confident that no data breach occurred. | A Labour spokeswoman said the attack had "failed" because of the party's "robust security systems" and they were confident that no data breach occurred. |
| It had been reported to the National Cyber Security Centre, she said. | It had been reported to the National Cyber Security Centre, she said. |
| Security procedures had "slowed down" some election campaign activities, she added, but they were now "back up to full speed". | |
| The party has not specified which of its platforms were targeted, but its main website, Facebook and Twitter accounts are functioning. | |
| Voters are due to go to the polls on 12 December. | |
| In a letter sent to Labour campaigners, Niall Sookoo, the party's executive director of elections and campaigns, said: "Yesterday afternoon our security systems identified that, in a very short period of time, there were large-scale and sophisticated attacks on Labour Party platforms which had the intention of taking our systems entirely offline. | |
| "Every single one of these attempts failed due to our robust security systems and the integrity of all our platforms and data was maintained. | |
| "I would I like to pay tribute to all the teams at Labour HQ who identified this risk and acted quickly to protect us." | |
| The Labour Party spokeswoman said: "We have experienced a sophisticated and large-scale cyber-attack on Labour digital platforms. | |
| "We took swift action and these attempts failed due to our robust security systems. The integrity of all our platforms was maintained and we are confident that no data breach occurred." |