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Tory leadership contest’s online vote is still vulnerable to hackers

Tory leadership contest’s online vote is still vulnerable to hackers

Hacking concerns continue to dog the online Conservative party vote, which will decide next UK prime minister – should online voting even be used in such situations?



Technology


| Analysis

25 August 2022

By Matthew Sparkes

Artist Ciaran Gallagher painting a mural in Belfast depicting the candidates vying to be the next UK prime minister

The Conservative leadership contest between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss as depicted by artist Ciaran Gallagher’s mural in Belfast

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A combined online and postal vote will soon decide the UK’s next prime minister, but doubts linger about whether the process is truly secure.

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – a branch of UK intelligence organisation GCHQ – stepped in to delay the ruling Conservative party leadership poll early in August while security for the online voting was tightened. There are still concerns about it. It is the first time the UK …

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