A catastrophic breach of the United Kingdom electoral register affects tens of millions of residents following a cyberattack at the U.K. Electoral Commission - eviltoast
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With data on more than 40 million voters accessed by unnamed hackers, the cyberattack is already one of the U.K.'s largest ever hacks.
  • dan@lemm.eeEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    40 million. The population is 70 million, so that’s most, it not all eligible voters. Wow.

  • Raisin8659@monyet.ccEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Accessed data includes voters’ names, addresses, and nonpublic voter information

    According to the notice, the personal data accessed by the hackers includes names, email addresses and postal addresses, phone numbers 🖍️ and any correspondence that voters had with the Commission, including emails (more on that below). Voters registered to vote anonymously are not affected by the cyberattack, the Commission confirmed.

    The compromised data does, however, include information on voters who opted out of having their information published in the public voter registers, which are available to anyone wanting to purchase.