Who attacked the Labour Party
It appears the two cyber attacks against the Labour Party were Distributed Denial of Service attacks. (Easy to do as one can purchase DDoS as a Service on the Internet these days, or alternatively rent a Botnet along with a command and control module, or even purchase the software to set one up yourself in your bedroom if one has a bit more knowledge.) Not serious in the sense of a threat to data or system - unless it's being used to mask other nefarious activities and distract IT staff while they're dealing with the DDos attack - but more of an irritant in many cases. However, they do stop organisations carrying out their day-to-day online activities; in this case important campaign activities of national importance. One wonders who and why someone would want to do that and thought they might benefit from investing in it? https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/12/labour_party_reports_cyber_attack/
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