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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lamiat Sabin

DARK SECRETS: Voting in tory leadership contest delayed after gchq hacking warning - The Real Truth

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Voting in the Conservative Party leadership race will be delayed by more than a week after GCHQ warned that cyberhackers could meddle with members’ ballots.

The National Cyber Security Centre – the listening post of GCHQ, one of the government’s three intelligence organisations alongside MI5 and MI6 – said there are vulnerabilities in the voting system, The Telegraph reported.

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