Labour Party Hack: What Do Experts Think?

Labour Party Hack: What Do Experts Think?

This week, the Labour Party reported a “sophisticated, large scale cyber attack” hitting its digital platforms.





What is believed to have been a Distributed Denial of Service attack was blocked by the party’s cybersecurity systems.


The Labour Party reported the attack to the National Cyber Security Centre, and the party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, admitted to the Independent that the event made him “very nervous” about the upcoming elections.


Here’s what cybersecurity experts had to say about the hacking attempt:


Robert Ramsden-Board, VP EMEA at Securonix:


“Large scale cyber-attacks against political organisations is growing concern for political parties. As attackers become more sophisticated and persistent in their methods governments and political organisations need to invest in robust security systems to avoid operational disruptions or data loss. The failure of the attack against the Labour Party headquarters should act as reminder to political organisations of the enormous benefits of having cybersecurity protections in place.


The attack against the Labour party is reported to have been a DDoS attack. These types of attacks can be difficult to deal with and while they don’t steal data, they can render a service unavailable and unusable. But, in some cases, DDoS attacks can be a distraction from an attackers’ attempt to steal data. Labour have stated that no data has been stolen in this attack, however, any organisations that are victim of a cyber-attack should do their due diligence and check all systems for malicious activity or data loss.“


Eoin Keary, CEO and co-founder of edgescan:


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