The Latest Breaking News from the Electoral Commission

The Electoral Commission said there should be immediate commencement of research on the rules around constituencies and representation.

An Coimisiun Toghchain has made a series of recommendations in response to an increase in Ireland’s population.

There were 9,000 breaches of personal information last year but experts say not enough is being done to stop them

It’s been another dicey week for democracy. UK intelligence services say they have “found evidence” linking Russia to a cyberattack on the Electoral Commission, which jeopardised the data of up to 40 million British voters: the biggest data breach in UK history. 

Editorial: A culture of complacency around data security and a government obsessed with partisan games have put electoral regulation at risk

Data from Electoral Commission breach could allow rogue actors to create AI-generated messages in effort to manipulate elections

UK intelligence services have reportedly “found evidence” linking Russia to a cyberattack that exposed the data of up to 40 million voters.

The details of tens of millions of voters could have been accessed by hackers who targeted the Electoral Commission, the body confirmed.

Even some senior Tories appear to agree: the selection process for their mayoral candidate was a shambles. That’s the most credible conclusion to be drawn from the decision to order an internal review into the London party, following criticism from MPs over how the contest was managed.