The UK’s Labour Party, the official opposition to the country’s ruling Conservatives, has suffered a humiliating data breach.
Members of the party were sent notice of the issue mid-afternoon UK time, which confirmed a third party that handles data on our behalf has been subject to a cyber incident. The email continues:
On 29 October 2021, we were informed of the cyber incident by the third party. The third party told us that the incident had resulted in a significant quantity of Party data being rendered inaccessible on their systems, the statement, headlined “Private and Confidential”, said.