Security News > 2021 > November > Locked up: UK's Labour Party data 'rendered inaccessible' on third-party systems after cyber attack
The UK's Labour Party, the official opposition to the country's ruling Conservatives, has suffered a humiliating data breach, according to multiple reports.
Information sent to The Register suggests Labour members were sent notice of the issue, which it said had hit "a third party that handles data on our behalf."
"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.
Labour said the compromised data includes information provided to the Party by its members, registered and affiliated supporters, and other individuals who have provided their information to the Party.
Labour Party news website LabourList said that membership website - https://labourmembership.com - had been pulled offline in recent days because of the cyber "Incident."
Last year, the Party was also caught up in the attack on cloud CRM provider Blackbaud.