London: Britain’s main opposition Labour party said on Tuesday it had suffered a "large-scale cyber attack” which undermined some of its campaign efforts for next month’s election. The attempted hack on Monday was repelled and there was no data breach, it said. But Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn admitted he was worried about other attacks, and just hours after he spoke, the party’s website went down.
"If this is a sign to come in this election, I feel very nervous about it all,” he told supporters.
"Because a cyber attack against a political party in an election is suspicious and something one is very worried about.” Earlier, a party spokesman said: "We have experienced a sophisticated and large-scale cyber attack on Labour digital platforms.” He said: "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.” Some campaign activities were slowed but they were restored early on Tuesday and were now back to normal. However, on Tuesday afternoon the main Labour party website (labour.org.uk) was inaccessible. The party did not have an immediate comment. (AFP)
"If this is a sign to come in this election, I feel very nervous about it all,” he told supporters.
"Because a cyber attack against a political party in an election is suspicious and something one is very worried about.” Earlier, a party spokesman said: "We have experienced a sophisticated and large-scale cyber attack on Labour digital platforms.” He said: "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.” Some campaign activities were slowed but they were restored early on Tuesday and were now back to normal. However, on Tuesday afternoon the main Labour party website (labour.org.uk) was inaccessible. The party did not have an immediate comment. (AFP)