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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Ben Glaze & Aletha Adu

Tory party delays sending out leadership election ballot papers amid hacking fears

Tory chiefs have delayed sending out ballot papers for the leadership election amid hacking fears.

The party has overhauled the system for electing Boris Johnson ’s successor following advice from the National Cyber Security Centre - part of eavesdropping post GCHQ - that hackers could change members’ votes.

Under the original process, activists would be able to vote but change their decision while the ballot remained open.

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