Electoral Commission hack compromises data of 40 million UK voters
The UK's Electoral Commission was hacked, compromising the data of 40 million voters. The UK government named China as the perpetrator, and the Information Commissioner's Office pointed to poor online security management as the cause. The Electoral Commission later acknowledged it had learned painful lessons from the incident.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Electoral Commission
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Data of 40 million UK voters
- Cause / method
- Hack exploiting poor online security management; the UK government named China as the perpetrator
- Location
- United Kingdom
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Timeline
- The UK government named China as the perpetrator of the Electoral Commission hack.
- The Information Commissioner's Office said poor security management had allowed the data of 40 million voters to be hacked.
- The Electoral Commission acknowledged it had learned painful lessons from the China hacking incident.
4 related reports
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- Elections watchdog admits 'painful lessons learned' after Chinese hack
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