Hackers attacked Britain's opposition Labour Party, bombarding its web services with malicious traffic in an attempt to force them offline just weeks ahead of a national election, party and security officials said on Tuesday,
"We have experienced a sophisticated and large-scale cyberattack on Labour digital platforms," Labour said in a statement. "We took swift action and these attempts failed due to our robust security systems.
The party was confident data breach occurred, it said.
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