Electoral Commission confirms it failed Cyber Essentials audit in 2021
US and foreign government entities compromised, says Mandiant
A 'staggering' failure says Metropolitan Police Federation vice chair
User IDs, passwords and payment dates are all in the stolen database
Accounts with weak passwords are being taken over, with users locked out
Democracies run on trust. Bad actors want to erode it.
The public statement only raises more questions
Chief exec apologises, but significant gaps remain in what is known about the attackers, the extent of the attack and why it took the commission so long to inform voters about it