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A coding error in the app used by the Democratic Party in Iowa has been blamed for significant delays in reporting the results of the state's caucus.The new app was developed so caucus results - the votes of Democratic Party members for their preferred presidential candidate - could be reported more quickly following Monday's vote. But instead of speeding things up a coding error in the app led to the data being only partially reported, forcing the Democratic Party to resort to manual systems in order to verify vote counts. The results are now expected at 5pm local time (10pm UK time) on Tuesday.Shadow, the company which developed the app, posted on Twitter: "We sincerely regret the delay in the reporting of the results of last night's Iowa caucuses, and the uncertainty it has caused t...

A cyber attack on a credit rating agency threatening the data of up to 44 million people in the UK has been branded an "unmitigated disaster" by security experts.The response of US-based Equifax to the massive breach, in which it lost the personal information of 143 million people to hackers, has also been criticised.The hack compromised a wealth of personal data, including names, birthdays, addresses and social security numbers - as well as credit card numbers for more than 200,000 people.The firm admitted UK consumers were affected by the breach but did not say how many, however the company is understood to hold the data of 44 million British consumers.Video:Minister says it is 'incredibly important' people know how to react to hackBritish customers of companies, including BT, Capital On...

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Iowa caucus chaos: Trump calls it an ‘unmitigated disaster’ but what caused it?

Equifax data hack 'an unmitigated disaster'