The Electoral Commission has announced today they were subject to a cyber attack.
"The incident was identified in October 2022 after suspicious activity was detected on our systems. It became clear that hostile actors had first accessed the systems in August 2021.
During the cyber-attack, the perpetrators had access to the Commission’s servers which held our email, our control systems, and copies of the electoral registers."
https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/privacy-policy/public-notification-cyber-attack-electoral-commission-systems
Ann Bergin /
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2023-08-08 12:34:58
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