"UK Electoral Commission Breach Exposes Voter Data of 40 Million Britons"

The UK Electoral Commission has disclosed a "complex" cyberattack on its systems that went undetected for more than a year, allowing threat actors access to 40 million people's voter data spanning years. According to the regulator, the incident was identified in October 2022 following the detection of suspicious activity on its systems. It was then discovered that the malicious actors first gained access to the systems in August 2021. The intrusion allowed unauthorized access to the Commission's servers hosting email, control systems, and copies of electoral registers maintained for research purposes. The perpetrators' identities are currently unknown. The registers contained the names and addresses of anyone who enrolled to vote in the UK between 2014 and 2022, as well as those registered as overseas voters. However, they did not have the information of those who were eligible to register anonymously and the addresses of overseas electors registered outside the UK. This article continues to discuss the breach faced by the UK Electoral Commission. 

THN reports "UK Electoral Commission Breach Exposes Voter Data of 40 Million Britons"