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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Tim Hanlon & Lizzy Buchan

Conservative leadership voting 'delayed' after GCHQ spies warn of cyber attack

Delivery of ballot papers for the Tory leadership contest has been delayed after concerns were raised over hacking concerns.

Intelligence from the UK’s security services at GCHQ suggested that people’s ballots could be altered through online interference.

Postal ballots are yet to be issued to the around 160,000 party members, who will choose Boris Johnson's successor this summer, as a result of the GCHQ concerns.

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