Electoral Commission security incident history
Hacking, data breaches and other security incidents involving Electoral Commission, with related coverage.
Incidents: 1 · Most recent
Electoral Commission hack compromises data of 40 million UK voters
40mImpact: 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.
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