Hackers hit UK Labour Party with back-to-back cyberattacks

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Web services flooded with malicious traffic in an attempt to force them offline.

Hackers hit UK Labour Party with back-to-back cyberattacks
Hackers attacked Britain's opposition Labour Party for the second time in two days on Tuesday, sources told Reuters, flooding its web services with malicious traffic in an attempt to force them offline just weeks ahead of a national election. The party said earlier on Tuesday it had "experienced ...

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