Electoral Commission apologises for data breach affecting millions of voters

Penny Horwood
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Voter data has been compromised

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

The Electoral Commission issued a public notification earlier today, confirming that the personal data of up to 40 million UK voters has been compromised by unknown "hostile actors," in what it ter...

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