The Labour Party says it has experienced a “sophisticated and large scale cyber attack” across multiple digital platforms.
A Labour spokeswoman said the cyber attack had “failed” because of the party’s “robust security systems” and that they were confident that no data breach occurred.
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The spokeswoman said they had reported the matter to the National Cyber Security Centre.
What do we know so far?
The exact nature of the cyber attack has not yet been publicly revealed, but sources revealed to ITV News that the attempted hack is thought to have taken place on Monday afternoon.
It is not known who is responsible for the attack.
A Labour staff member told ITV News Political Correspondent Paul Brand the impact of the hack was “minimal”.
They said: “Our systems have been slow the whole time so I didn’t notice anything particularly new. Not entirely sure what we were meant to have experienced.”
Paul Brand has also obtained a copy of the email sent to Labour staff this morning.
Global News 
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