The UK’s Electoral Commission revealed that 40 million voter’s data had been accessed by a
#cyber-attack unnoticed by the public for over a year and not revealed for another 10 months. According to The Guardian, the attackers were able to access complete copies of the electoral records held by the Commission for research purposes as well as to verify the legality of
#political donations. The data included names and addresses of all UK voters who had registered between 2014 and 2022.
The Commission was unable to know conclusively what information had been accessed and the attackers’ affiliation with a hostile country, such as
#Russia , or a cyber criminal gang could not be determined.