The Labour Party’s campaign website has suffered a “sophisticated and large-scale” cyber attack.
Security procedures slowed down some election campaign activities, but the party believes that no sensitive data was compromised.
The party said that the integrity of all their platforms was maintained and they are confident that no data breach occurred.
Subsequent reports suggest it was a DDoS, the Labour Party might therefore want to hold off on praising its “robust security systems” for preventing a data breach.
Source: https://www.itgovernance.co.uk/blog/labour-party-hit-by-sophisticated-cyber-attack
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/the-labour-party
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"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "11/2019",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "",
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'name': 'Labour Party',
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'attack_vector': 'DDoS',
'description': "The Labour Party's campaign website faced a sophisticated and "
'large-scale cyber attack which slowed down some election '
'campaign activities. No sensitive data was compromised, and '
'the integrity of all platforms was maintained.',
'impact': {'brand_reputation_impact': 'Positive',
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'downtime': 'Some slowdown in election campaign activities',
'operational_impact': 'Some election campaign activities slowed '
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'title': 'Cyber Attack on Labour Party’s Campaign Website',
'type': 'DDoS'}