UK’s Labour Party says its systems were hit by a large-scale online attack on Monday. Officials on Tuesday say no data was compromised, but some some systems were temporarily inaccessible. DDoS attacks were later confirmed to be distributed denial-of-service attacks. Security experts say the attack was not ‘sophisticated’ and the incident is now closed. The identity of the attacker or attackers has not been revealed, but finding the actual attacker would likely require extensive investigation by intelligence and law enforcement agencies.”]
Source: https://www.healthcareinfosecurity.com/labour-party-hit-by-massive-online-attack-attempt-a-13398