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Benedict Collins

ICO reprimands UK Electoral Commission over cyberattack that left voter data exposed

Hand of a person casting a vote into the ballot box during elections.

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has reprimanded the UK Electoral Commission (EC) after hackers breached servers containing the personal information of 40 million people.

The attack occurred in August 2021, with the hackers breaching the servers through user impersonation and exploiting known vulnerabilities that had not been patched.

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