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UK Electoral Commission systems breached by cyber-attack

6 pointsby vogon_laureatealmost 2 years ago

3 comments

vogon_laureatealmost 2 years ago
<i>During the cyber-attack, the perpetrators had access to the Commission’s servers which held our email, our control systems, and copies of the electoral registers.<p>They were able to access reference copies of the electoral registers, held by the Commission for research purposes and to enable permissibility checks on political donations. The registers held at the time of the cyber-attack include the name and address of anyone in the UK who registered to vote between 2014 and 2022, as well as the names of those registered as overseas voters. The registers did not include the details of those registered anonymously. The Commission’s email system was also accessible during the attack.</i>
interloxiaalmost 2 years ago
See also:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=37049221">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=37049221</a>
jjgreenalmost 2 years ago
Those who did not register to vote (which is a criminal offence in the UK) must be feeling rather pleased that they didn&#x27;t.
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